Is there a legally mandated filing fee and/or deposit in the last instance?
Zimbabwe
Electoral Act Chapter 2:13, 168 (3)
security of an amount fixed by theRegistrar of the Electoral Court, being not less than the amount prescribed bythe Commission after consultation with the Chief Justice, for the payment ofall costs, charges and expenses that may become payable by the petitioner.
Electoral Act Chapter 2:13, 170
The respondent may, by notice in writingserved upon the petitioner, within such period as may be prescribed in rules ofcourt, object to any recognizance given in terms of section one hundred and sixty-eight.
An objection interms of subsection (1) shall be heard and decided by the Electoral Court andif the objection is allowed—
(a) The petitioner may, within a further period to be fixed by theElectoral Court not exceeding ten days, remove the objection by a deposit ofsuch sum of money as may be considered necessary by the Electoral Court to makethe security sufficient;
(b) If the petitioner does not remove the objection in the mannerspecified in paragraph (a), no further proceedings shall be heard on the petition.
(3) Ifon the expiration of the period allowed for making objections no objection hadbeen received, or after an objection is made the sufficiency of the security isestablished, the petition shall be deemed to be at issue.
