LAWS  OF GHANA

             ACT

OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA

      ENTITLED

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010

AN ACT to amend the District Assembly Elections Act, 1994 (Act 473) in order to facilitate District Assembly and lower local government unit elections and to provide for connected purposes.

DATE OF ASSENT: 27th August, 2010.

PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:

Section 3 of Act 473 amended.

1. The District Assembly Elections Act 1994 (Act 473) is amended in section 3 by the deletion of sub-paragraph (b) of subsection (1).

Section 6 of Act 473 amended .

2. The District Assembly Elections Act, 1994 (Act 473) is amended by the deletion of Section 6 and the substitution of; "6. Mounting of platform

(1) A political party or an individual shall not mount a plat­form or cause a platform to be mounted for the purpose of supporting or not supporting the election of a candidate to a District Assembly or to a lower local government unit.

(2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to a candidate who seeks to be elected to a District Assembly or to a lower local govern­ment unit.

(3) The electoral Commission shall mount a platform for the common use of candidates who seek to be elected to a Dis­trict Assembly or lower local government unit.

(4) An organisation not associated with a political party desirous of supporting elections at the district assembly or lower local government unit, shall place at the disposal of the Commission support in cash or in kind, for the purpose of mounting a platform for the common use of a candi­date who seeks to be elected to a District Assembly or to a lower local government unit.

(5) Sub-section (3) shall not operate to empower an organisation to mount a platform for the use of a candi­date who seeks to be elected to a District Assembly or to a lower local government unit.

(6) A political party or an individual who contravenes subsec­tion (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units.

(7) An organisation that contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units.