Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)

Rules

Rules for the First Sitting of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces and Provincial Legislatures

6. Invalid Ballot Papers

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A ballot paper is invalid—

 

(a) if it does not bear the official mark required to be placed thereon in terms of rule 5(3); or

 

(b) if it is unmarked; or

 

(c) if a member or a head of a provincial delegation has signed his or her name or written any word or made any mark other than the one required to be made by him or her in recording his or her vote.