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Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll

8. Registration

 

 

(1) If satisfied that a person's application for registration complies with this Act, and that the person is a South African citizen and is at least 18 years of age, the chief electoral officer must register that person as a voter by making the requisite entries in the voters' roll.

[subsection (1) substitution by No. 4 of Act No. 34 of 2003 Government Gazette 25687]

 

(2) The chief electoral officer may not register a person as a voter if that person—
(a) has  applied  for  registration  fraudulently  or  otherwise  than  in  the prescribed manner;
(b) is not a South African citizen;
(c) has been declared by the High Court to be of unsound mind or mentally disordered;
(d) is detained under the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002); or
(e) is not ordinarily resident in the voting district for which that person has applied for registration.

(f)        ....

[subsection (2) (d) substitution by No. 4 (a) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]

[subsection (2) (f) deletion by No. 4 (b) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]

 

(3) A person's name must be entered in the voters'  roll only for the voting district in which that person is ordinarily resident and for no other voting district: Provided that where that person is ordinarily resident outside the Republic, his or her name must be entered in a segment of the voters' roll created for that purpose.

[subsection (3) substitution by No. 4  (c) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]


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