GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF

N$10.20 WINDHOEK - 29 September 2020 No. 7345

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PROCLAMATION

No. 52 Determination of date and place for submission of nominations of candidates, polling day and notifi- cation of names of returning officers for the general election of members of regional councils and members of local authority councils: Electoral Act, 2014 ...... 1

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

No. 234 Notification of places and times for inspection and period for making objections in respect of pro- visional national voters’ register and provisional local authority voters’ register: Electoral Act, 2014 . 9 ______

Proclamation

by the

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA

No. 52 2020

DETERMINATION OF DATE AND PLACE FOR SUBMISSION OF NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES, POLLING DAY AND NOTIFICATION OF NAMES OF RETURNING OFFICERS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF REGIONAL COUNCILS AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY COUNCILS: ELECTORAL ACT, 2014

Under the powers vested in me by section 64(1) of the Electoral Act, 2014 (Act No. 5 of 2014) read with section 81 of that Act, I make known that, in respect of the general election of members of all regional councils and of members of all local authority councils -

(a) I have, on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, determined Friday, 16 October 2020, as the day upon which a public sitting must take place - 2 Government Gazette 29 September 2020 7345

(i) in each constituency, indicated in column 2 of Schedule A, for the submission of nominations of candidates for election as member of the regional council in respect of that constituency; and

(ii) in each local authority area, indicated in column 2 of Schedule B, for the submission of nominations of candidates for election as member of the local authority council in respect of that local authority area;

(b) I have, on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission of Namibia, determined that the public sitting, referred to in paragraph (a)(i), be held from 09h00 until 11h00 on the day referred to in paragraph (a)(i) at the places indicated in column 3 of -

(i) Schedule A, in respect of the general election for a member of the regional council, directly opposite the relevant constituency indicated in column 2 of that Schedule; and

(ii) Schedule B, in respect of the general election for members of a local authority council, directly opposite the relevant local authority area indicated in column 2 of that Schedule;

(c) I have, on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission of Namibia determined that Wednesday, 25 November 2020 is the day on which the poll must be taken for both elections; and

(d) the person whose name is specified in column 4 of -

(i) Schedule A, opposite the constituency mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule, has been appointed in terms of section 64(1)(c) of that Act, as returning officer for the election in that constituency; and

(ii) Schedule B, opposite the local authority area mentioned in column 2 of that Schedule, has been appointed in terms of section 64(1)(c) of that Act, as returning officer for the election in that local authority area.

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of Namibia at Windhoek, this 28th day of September, Two Thousand and Twenty.

H. GEINGOB President BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT-IN-CABINET 7345 Government Gazette 29 September 2020 3

SCHEDULE A

REGIONAL COUNCILS ELECTIONS COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 REGION CONSTITUENCY PLACE WHERE PUBLIC RETURNING OFFICER SITTING WILL BE SURNAME NAME HELD //KHARAS !Nami#nus !Nami#nus Constituency Awasman Ignatius D. Office Office Bloodstaan Augus P East Narib Richard A. Constituency