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Harare High Court
Ian Muteto Makone and The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) v The Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and The Registrar-General of Voters
HH 38-08
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
13 March 2008
Citation
HH 38-08
Neutral Citation
[2008] ZWHH 38
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application
Bench
Presiding
Uchena J
Full Bench
Uchena J
Areas of Law
Electoral LawAdministrative LawJurisdiction
Keywords
Electoral Court jurisdictionvoters roll accesselectronic formats 21 Electoral Acts 161 Electoral Act
Tags
electoral lawjurisdictionvoters rollelectronic format
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13]
- Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13]
- Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13]
- High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]
- Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:01]
- Labour Relations Act 16 of 1985
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Does the Electoral Court have jurisdiction to hear applications under s 21(4) of the Electoral Act?","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Application brought under s 21(4) for electronic voters roll"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Parliamentary candidate and political party requested electronic voters roll from electoral authorities. Applicants provided compact disks but received data in unacceptable format. With election approaching on 29 March 2008, they urgently sought court order compelling provision of electronic voters roll in specified format.
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