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Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)

Chapter 2 : Voters’ Roll and Election Date

6. Segments of voters’ roll to be used in election

 

(1) A municipality’s segment of the voters' roll  to be used in that election is the one certified by the chief electoral officer for that election in terms of subsection (2).

[Section 6(1) substituted by section 18(a) 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)]

 

(1A) Except where this Act otherwise permits, only a voter who applied for registration prior to the proclamation of an election date may vote in the election concerned.

[Section 6(1A) inserted by section 18(b) 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) By not later than a date stated in the timetable for an election, the chief electoral officer must—
(a) certify the segments of the voters’ roll for the voting districts to be used in the election; and
(b) make such segments available for inspection at—
(i) the Commission’s head office;
(ii) the office of the Commission’s provincial representative in the province in which the election will take place; and
(iii) the office of the Commission’s local representative in the municipality in which the election will take place.

 

 


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