Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Chapter 6 : Administration

Part 1 : Voting districts

63A. Review of voting districts

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(1)The Commission must regularly review the established voting districts and their boundaries, taking into account the factors mentioned in section 61, and  whenever  necessary—
(a)disestablish  an existing voting district;
(b)establish a new voting district and determine the boundaries for that voting district; or
(c)redetermine the boundaries of an existing voting district.

 

(2)The chief electoral officer must ensure that, as soon as possible after the Commission has acted in terms of subsection (1), affected copies of maps available for inspection in terms of section 63(3) are replaced by amended ones.

 

[Section 63A inserted by section 17 of Notice No. 1641, GG 25687, dated 6 November 2003 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 34 of 2003))]