| (1) | Any person, including the chief electoral may object to the nomination of a candidate on the following grounds: |
| (a) | The candidate is not qualified to stand in the election; |
| (b) | a party has failed to submit the prescribed acceptance of nomination signed by the candidate as contemplated in section 27(4); or |
[Section 30(1)(b) substituted by section 12 of Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 321, GG44648, dated 1 June 2021 - effective 27 August 2021, Proclamation R.35, dated 27 August 2021]
| (c) | there is no prescribed undertaking, signed by the candidate, that the candidate is bound by the Code. |
| (3) | The Commission must decide the objection, and must notify the objector and the registered party that nominated the candidate of the decision in the prescribed manner by not later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable. |
| (4) | The objector, or the registered party who nominated the candidate, may appeal the decision of the Commission to the Electoral Court in the prescribed manner and by not later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable. |
| (5) | The Electoral Court must consider and decide the appeal and notify the parties to the appeal and the chief electoral officer of the decision in the prescribed manner and by not later than the relevant date stated in the election timetable. |
| (6) | [Section 30(6) deleted by section 5 of Electoral Amendment Act, 2023, Notice No. 3295, GG48432, dated 17 April 2023 - effective 19 June 2023 (Proclamation No. 124 of 2023)] |
