Section 45, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) The nomination of a presidential candidate shall be inwriting in the form prescribed in the Third Schedule and shall be subscribed by– (a) the presidential candidate; (b) the candidate designated for the office of Vice-President by the presidential candidate in accordance with subsection (2) of section 54 of the Constitution; and (c) three executive members of the political party which nominated the presidential candidate. (2) A person shall not be qualified to be designated as a candidate for the office of Vice-President if the person does not have the qualifications specified in subsection (2) of section 44. (3) The nomination papers of a presidential candidate shall be delivered by the candidate to the Returning Officer on the day, time and place that shall be determined by the Returning Officer and published by Government Notice and shall be accompanied with two statutory declarations in the form prescribed in the Fourth Schedule, made separately by the presidential candidate and the candidate designated by him for the office of Vice-President. (4) A person who makes a statutory declaration under subsection (3) knowing it to be false in a material particular, or recklessly, whether it is true or not, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five million leones or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years. (5) The Returning Officer for a presidential election shall be the Chairman of the Electoral Commission.