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Presidential Elections (Amendment) Decree, 1996

A 1996 decree amending the law governing presidential elections ahead of the return to civilian rule.

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Summary

The Presidential Elections (Amendment) Decree, 1996 was made during the transition to the 1996 multi-party elections. It amended the law governing the conduct of presidential elections.

As an amending instrument of the transitional period, it altered specified provisions of the presidential-elections law to facilitate the holding of the elections that restored civilian rule. It belongs to the body of 1996 transitional electoral instruments and is read with the electoral law of the period.

Main provisions

  • Amends the law governing presidential elections.
  • Made to facilitate the 1996 multi-party elections.
  • Part of the 1996 transition from military to civilian rule.
  • Read with the electoral law of the period.