prescribed. The word "prescribed", has been defined in Article 266 to mean that the attendant details of the publishing, including the process, is to be found in an Act of Parliament, that is, legislation promulgated pursuant to the article. In this matter, this is supposed to be in the Electoral Process Act or the Regulations thereunder. This is also in line with section 21 of Act No. 1 of 2016 which provides as follows: 21. Subject to section six, where an Act of Parliament is required to give effect to an Article of the Constitution as amended, that Article shall come into effect upon the publication of the Act of Parliament or such other date as may be prescribed by, or under, the Act of Parliament. [60] A perusal of the Electoral Process Act reveals that it is silent on the issue of publishing nomination papers and affidavits of presidential candidates as well as the other categories of candidates. However, Regulations 20 (2) and 22 of the Electoral Process (General) Regulations, 2016, respectively provide as follows: 20. (2) Where two or more candidates have been validly nominated for a constituency, district or ward, the returning officer shall publish the information contained in the nomination papers and affidavit relating to the candidates. 22. A person registered in a constituency, district or ward may, at any reasonable time, after the returning officer for the constituency, district or ward has given notice of the date of the poll and before the day appointed for the taking of a poll in that constituency, district or ward inspect, at the office of the returning officer, a nomination paper of a candidate in that constituency, district or ward. [611 Regulation 20 (2) of the Electoral Process (General) Regulations, 2016 provides for the publishing of nomination papers and affidavits for parliamentary, mayoral and local government J25

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