Section 77 - Political parties to be bodies corporate

(1) A political party registered under this Act shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(2) A party shall maintain a digital register of its members containing the name, sex, date of birth, address, State, Local Government, ward, polling unit, National Identification Number and photograph in both hard and soft copies.

(3) Upon registration, a membership card shall be issued to the member.

(4) Each political party shall make such register available to the Commission not later than 21 days before the date fixed for the party primaries, congresses or conventions.

(5) Only members whose names are contained in the register shall be eligible to vote and be voted for in party primaries, congresses and conventions.

(6) A political party shall not use any other register for party primaries, congresses and conventions except the register submitted to the Commission.

(7) A party that fails to submit the membership register within the stipulated time shall not be eligible to field a candidate for that election.