constituteproject.org • Electoral commission • Electoral commission PDF generated: 19 Feb 2021, 13:13 115A. 1. The Commission shall consist of a Chairperson and four Members all of whom shall be appointed by the President selected from seven candidates of proven integrity and high repute, proposed by the Constitutional Appointments Authority constituted under Article 139 of the Constitution. 115B. A person is qualified to be a Chairperson and Members of the Commission if the person is a citizen of Seychelles whoa. is qualified to be registered as a voter; and b. • Electoral commission • Electoral districts • Electoral commission the person is not a candidate of an election under the Constitution or is not the President, Vice President, Minister or a Member of the National Assembly and not an executive office bearer of a political party. 115C. 1. The Chairperson and the Members of the Commission shall be appointed for a term of seven years, and may, at the end of a term, be eligible for re-appointment. 2. The Chairperson may be writing addressed to the President and a Member who is not the Chairperson, to the Chairperson resign. 3. A resignation under clause (2) shall have effect on the date it is last received by any person specified in that clause. 4. The salary, allowances and gratuity payable to the Chairperson and Members of the Commission shall be prescribed by or under an Act and the salary, allowances or gratuity shall be a charge on the Consolidate Fund. 5. Subject to article 166, the salary, allowances and gratuity payable to and the term and other conditions of appointment of the Chairperson and Members of the Commission shall not be altered to the disadvantage after the appointments. 6. The Commission may regulate its own proceedings and may act notwithstanding one vacancy in its membership. 116. 1. The Electoral Commissiona. shall be a responsible for the conduct and supervision of the registration of voters and of elections and referenda under this Constitution; b. shall keep under continuous review the number and boundaries of the electoral areas into which Mahe and Praslin are divided having regard to article 112 (3); c. shall keep under continuous review the practices and working, including such matters as finance, broadcast and advertising, of political campaigns in respect of elections and referenda under this Constitution; d. shall have such other functions as may be prescribed by or under this Constitution or an Act. e. 2. Shall review the existing legislation governing Electoral matters and make recommendations to the Government. The Electoral Commission shall, within ninety days after each election or referendum under this Constitution, submit to the National Assembly and the President a report on the conduct ofa. Seychelles 1993 (rev. 2011) the political campaign leading up to the election or referendum; and Page 49