| (a) |
compel or unlawfully persuade any person— |
| (i) |
to register or not to register as a voter; |
| (ii) |
to vote or not to vote; |
| (iv) |
to support or not to support any party or candidate; or |
| (v) |
to attend and participate in, or not to attend and participate in, any political meeting, march, demonstration or other political event; |
| (c) |
prejudice any person because of any past, present or anticipated performance of a function in terms of this Act; |
| (d) |
advantage, or promise to advantage, a person in exchange for that person not performing a function in terms of this Act; |
| (e) |
prevent any of the following persons from gaining reasonable access to voters, whether in a public or private place: |
| (i) |
any representative of a party or of a candidate; |
| (iii) |
any member, employee or officer of the Commission; |
| (iv) |
the chief electoral officer; |
| (v) |
any person appointed by an accredited observer; or |
| (vi) |
any person accredited to provide voter education; |
| (f) |
unlawfully prevent the holding of any political meeting, march, demonstration or other political event; |
| (g) |
use public funds, except for the funds allocated to a party in terms of section 5 of the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, 1997 (Act No. 103 of 1997), for the purpose of a political campaign. |
[Section 67(1)(g) inserted by section 21(c) of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)
[Section 67(1) substituted by section 21 of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]
| (2) |
Subject to this Act, no person may prevent anyone from exercising a right conferred by this Act. |
| (3) |
No person, knowing that another person is not entitled to be registered as a voter, may— |
| (a) |
persuade that other person that that other person is entitled to be registered as a voter; or |
| (b) |
represent to anyone else that that other person is entitled to be registered as a voter. |
| (4) |
No person, knowing that another person is not entitled to vote, may— |
| (a) |
assist, compel or persuade that other person to vote; or |
| (b) |
represent to anyone else that that other person is entitled to vote. |
Contingency Fees Act, 1997
