Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998) > Chapter 4 : Elections > Part 1 : Voting > 43. Completion of form and sealing of voting materials

(1)	As soon as practicable after the close of a voting station for voting, the presiding officer, in the presence of any agents present, must—

(a)	complete a form reflecting the number of—

(i)	ballot boxes entrusted to that presiding officer;

(ii)	used ballot boxes;

(iii)

unused ballot boxes;

(iv)	ballot papers entrusted to that presiding officer;

(v)	issued ballot papers;

(vi)	unissued ballot papers; and

(vii)

cancelled ballot papers;

(b)	seal each unused ballot box entrusted to that presiding officer;

(c)	seal in separate containers—

(i)	the certified segment of the voters' roll for that voting district;

(ii)	the unused ballot papers entrusted to that presiding officer;

(iii)

the cancelled ballot papers; and

(iv)	the written record, as required by section 41(7), of any objections concerning voting; and

(d)	allow those agents to affix their seals to the items mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c).

(2)

If the votes in an election are to be counted at the voting station at which those votes were cast and if the counting officer for that voting station is a person other than the presiding officer for that voting station, the presiding officer must deliver to the counting officer for that voting station the items mentioned in subsection (1).

(3)	If the votes in an election are not to be counted at the voting station at which those votes were cast, the presiding officer must deliver the following to the counting officer of a counting venue determined by the Commission in terms of section 46(1)(b):

(a)	The form mentioned in subsection (1)(a);

(b)	the sealed, used ballot boxes;

(c)	the sealed, unused ballot boxes; and

(d)	the sealed containers mentioned in subsection (1)(c).