Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 4 : ElectionsPart 2 : Counting of votes at voting station50. Procedure concerning provisional results and voting materials |
| (1) | After determining the result at a voting station, the counting officer must complete a prescribed form reflecting the result of the count in respect of each ballot conducted at the voting station. |
[Section 50(1) substituted by section 14(a) 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]
| (2) | Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (1), the counting officer must announce the result of the count at the voting station to members of the public and agents present at the voting station. |
| (3) | Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (2), the counting officer must inform the Commission of the result of the count at the voting station. |
| (4) | Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (3), the counting officer must— |
| (a) | seal in separate containers each of the items listed in the prescribed form mentioned in subsection (1) and the written record of any objections in terms of section 48 or 49; and |
[Section 50(4)(a) substituted by section 14(b) 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]
| (b) | deliver the form completed in terms of subsection (1) and the sealed containers to an officer designated by the chief electoral officer. |