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Court.-(1) The Electoral Court has final
jurisdiction in respect of all electoral disputes and complaints about infringements of the Code,
and no decision or order of the Electoral Court is subject to appeal or review.
(2) If a court having jurisdiction by virtue of section 20 (4) (6)of the Electoral Commission Act finds that a person or registered party has contravened a provision of Part 1 of this
Chapter it may in the interest of a free and fair election impose any appropriate penalty or
sanction on that person or party, including(a)
aformal warning;
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a f i e not exceeding Ez2OO O X ;
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the forfeiture ofany deposit paid by that person or party in terms of section
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an order prohibiting that person or party fromusing any public media;
holding any public meeting, demonstration, march or other political event;
entering any voting district for the purpose of canvassing voters or for any
other election purpose;
erecting or publishing billboards, placards or posters at or in any place;
publishing or distributing any campaign literature;
electoral advertising; or
receiving any funds fromthe State or from any foreign sources;
(e)
an order imposing limits on the right of that person or party to perform any of
the activities mentioned in paragraph (4;
(f)
an order excluding that person or any agents of that person or any candidates or
agents of that party from entering a voting station;
(g)
an order reducing the number of votes cast in favour of that person or party;
(h)
an order disqualifying the candidature of that person or of any candidate of that
party; or
(i)
an order cancelling the registration of that party.
(3) Any penalty or sanction provided for in this section will be in addition to any
penalty provided for in Part3 of this Chapter.
Part 3: Ofences and penalties