Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll15. Objections to voters' roll |
| (1) | In relation to any segment of the voters' roll or a provisionally compiled voters' roll, any person may object to the Commission in the prescribed manner to— |
| (a) | the exclusion of any person's name from that segment; |
| (b) | the inclusion of any person's name in that segment; or |
| (c) | the correctness of any person's registration details in that segment. |
| (2) | A person who objects to the exclusion or inclusion of the name of another person, or to the correctness of that person's registration details, must serve notice of the objection on that person. |
| (3) | The Commission must decide an objection and, except for an objection in relation to a provisionally compiled voters' roll, by not later than 14 days after the objection was made, notify the following persons of the decision: |
| (a) | The person who made the objection; |
| (b) | the chief electoral officer; and |
| (c) | in the case of an objection against the exclusion or inclusion of the name, or the correctness of the registration details, of a person other than the objector, that other person. |
| (4) | The chief electoral officer must give effect to a decision of the Commission in terms of subsection (3) within three days. |
| (5) | No appeal may be brought against the Commission's decision, subject to section 20(2)(a) of the Electoral Commission Act. |