(1) A political party's application for the purposes of registration may also include a request for the registration of the political party's emblem to be used by the political party on ballot papers.

(2) Where a request is made by a political party under this article in relation to an emblem, the Commission shall register the emblem as an emblem of the political party unless in its opinion the emblem is:

(a) the same as an already registered emblem of another political party;

(b) likely to be confused by voters with a registered emblem of a political party which is already registered;

(c) obscene or offensive;

(d) of such a character that its publication would be likely to amount to the commission of an offence; and, or

(e) would be likely, were it to appear on a ballot paper issued at an election:

(i) to result in an elector being misled as to the effect of his vote, or

(ii) to contradict, or hinder an elector's understanding of, any directions for his guidance in voting given on the ballot paper or elsewhere.