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

Chapter 2 : Voters’ Roll and Election Date

8. Postponement of elections

 

(1) The Commission may request the Minister or, in the case of a by-election, the MEC, to postpone the voting day determined for an election if the Commission is satisfied that it is not reasonably possible to conduct a free and fair election on that day.

 

(2) On receipt of such a request, the Minister by notice in the Government Gazette, or the MEC by notice in the Provincial Gazette, must postpone the voting day for the election to a day determined in the notice, but that day must fall within a period of days of the applicable date mentioned in section 24(2) or 25(3) of the Municipal Structures Act.