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Legislative Framework

Mozambique Mozambique

LF001

Status of Electoral Law
Question:What is the status of the electoral law governing national elections?
Answer(s): a. Part of Constitution
b. Separate legislation
Comments:
Source: Constitution of 21 January 2005: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/mozambique-constitution-portuguese-version/view (2014); Law No. 8/2013 of 27 February 2013 regulating presidential and legislative elections (as amended by Law No. 12/2014): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/Mozambique-Law-No.-12-2014-of-13-April-2014/view (2014); Law No. 5/2013 of 22 February 2013 regulating voter registration (as amended by Law No. 8/2014): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/law-no.-8-2014-of-12-march-2014-amending-law-no.-5/view (2014)
Verified: 2024/12/04
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LF003

Electoral Law covers
Question:The national electoral law covers:
Answer(s): a. National elections
Comments: Election of the President of the Republic and the election of the deputies of the Assembly of the Republic.
Source: Law No. 8/2013 of 27 February 2013 regulating presidential and legislative elections (as amended by Law No. 12/2014), art. 1: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/Mozambique-Law-No.-12-2014-of-13-April-2014/view (2014)
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LF004

Compulsory/voluntary voting
Question:Is voting on the national level voluntary or compulsory?
Answer(s): a. Voting is voluntary
Comments:
Source: Constitution of 21 January 2005, art. 73, 135 (1): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/mozambique-constitution-portuguese-version/view (2014); Law No. 8/2013 of 27 February 2013 regulating presidential and legislative elections (as amended by Law No. 12/2014), art. 3, 4 (1): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/Mozambique-Law-No.-12-2014-of-13-April-2014/view (2014)
Verified: 2024/12/04
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LF007

Electoral Disputes Agency(ies)
Question:What are the agency(ies) responsible for the first level of formal electoral disputes?
Answer(s): a. Judiciary
Comments: Irregularities that occur during the voting and in the partial, district or city, provincial and general and national count, may be challenged if they have been the subject of a complaint or protest at the polling station. The appeal shall be filed, within forty eight hours, counted from the posting of the notice which publishes the election results, to the Court of Justice in the district where the irregularity occurred, or to the Constitutional Council in case of the general or national elections.
Source: Law No. 8/2013 of 27 February 2013 regulating presidential and legislative elections (as amended by Law No. 12/2014), art. 82, 192: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/MZ/Mozambique-Law-No.-12-2014-of-13-April-2014/view (2014)
Verified: 2024/12/04
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