• The ECNBA shall similarly conduct election in the month of July of the requisite election year for Representatives to the General Council of the Bar.
• The zoning principle contained in this Constitution shall apply in the election of NBA Representatives to the General Council of the Bar such that each zone shall produce not less than six (6) Representatives to the Council.
• The ECNBA shall circulate a full list of properly nominated candidates for election as Representatives to the General Council of the Bar to all the Branches, Sections, and Fora, and candidates by email and other applicable electronic platforms, as well as displayed on the NBA website at least forty-five (45) clear days before the date of the election.
• The full list of all members of the Association qualified to vote shall be published by ECNBA at least forty-five (45) clear days before the date of the election.
• A candidate for election as Representative to the General Council of the Bar, shall be nominated or proposed in writing by a member and seconded by another, both of whom shall be qualified like the candidate in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution for the equivalent office and shall have paid their practicing fees and Branch dues.
• Election of NBA Representatives to the General Council of the Bar shall be held in the month of July of the election year of the Association or at such time and place as may be ratified by the National Executive Council.
• Candidates shall submit by email a copy of their Curriculum Vitae of not more than four pages of A4-size paper, comprehensive manifestoes and other campaign materials to the ECNBA for publication in the NBA website, not later than the day fixed by the ECNBA.
• The publication, printing or distribution of any campaign material, gifts and any form of souvenir whatsoever by a candidate or his/her supporter(s) is hereby prohibited and any candidate who contravenes this provision shall be disqualified from being voted for.
• Any form of donations and philanthropic gestures by candidates seeking election into the General Council of the Bar during the election year is hereby prohibited, and any candidate who contravenes this provision shall be disqualified from being voted for in the election.
• All Branches, Sections, and Fora are prohibited from soliciting contributions, donations or sponsorship from candidates seeking election into the General Council of the Bar during the election year.
• Any form of financial inducement including paying annual practicing fees or branch dues for lawyers to curry favour from voters or for any reason whatsoever by candidates and their supporters in the election year is hereby prohibited, and any candidate who contravenes this provision shall be disqualified from being voted for in the election. PROVIDED that any such payment of Bar Practicing Fees and branch dues by the candidate for lawyers who are in his/her direct employment shall not be construed as financial inducement.
• The ECNBA shall collate all materials, arrange them in alphabetical order without regard to the position being sought and publish them in an electronic Election Magazine to be hosted on the NBA website at least thirty (30) clear days before the election.
• The elective seats in the General Council of the Bar shall be vacant by effluxion of time, death, resignation, removal, or for any other reasonable cause.

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