Section 12, The Political Parties Act, 2002

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), on the expirationof sixty days after the date of the publication of the Government Notice referred to in subsection (3) of section 11, the Commission shall, if satisfied that all the provisions of the Constitution and this Act with respect to registration have been complied with, register the association as a political party. (2) Where within the sixty-days period referred to in subsection (1), any objection has been brought to the notice of the Commission, it shall not register the association until the objection has been disposed of to the satisfaction of the Commission. (3) If- (a) the Commission upholds the objection referred to in subsection (2); or (b) enquiries made under subsection (5) ofsection 11 disclose that any of the particulars submitted with the application for registration is false or incorrect, the Commission shall refuse to register the association and shall cancel the provisional certificate issued to the association under subsection (3) of section 11. (4) The Commission shall, upon registering an association as a political party, issue to that association a final certificate of registration which shall be evidence that the provisions of the Constitution and this Act with respect to registration have been complied with. (5) No political party shall organise or hold any public meeting unless it has been issued with the final certificate of registration by the Commission under subsection (4).