Chief Electoral Officer

68. Chief Electoral Officer (1) There shall be a Chief Electoral Officer whose office shall be an office in the public service. (2) The functions of the Chief Electoral Officer shall be - (a) to register as electors the citizens of Lesotho who qualify to be registered as such; (b) to compile a general register of electors and constituency registers of electors for the several constituencies and to maintain such register or registers up to date; (c) to conduct elections of members of the National Assembly; and (d) to perform such other functions as may be conferred on him by or under any other law. (3) Parliament shall make provision for the manner in which the Chief Electoral Officer shall exercise his functions and for the exercise of his authority over officers subordinate to him and may provide that the Chief Electoral Officer may exercise his functions personally or through officers subordinate to him. Page 43 (4) In the exercise of his functions under this section, the Chief Electoral Officer shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.