Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll7. Applications for registration as voter |
| (1) | A person applying for registration as a voter must do so in the prescribed manner. |
[Section 7(1) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]
| (2) | [Section 7(2) deleted by section 3(b) of Notice No. 914, GG 37069, dated 26 November 2013 (Electoral Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 18 of 2013))] |
| (3) |
| (a) | A person is regarded to be ordinarily resident at the home or place where that person normally lives and to which that person regularly returns after any period of temporary absence. |
| (b) | For the purpose of registration on the voters' roll a person is not regarded to be ordinarily resident at a place where that person is lawfully imprisoned or detained, but at the last home or place where that person normally lived when not imprisoned or detained. |
[Section 7(3) inserted by section 93, Schedule 2, of Notice No. 700, GG 21367, dated 11 July 2000 (Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000(Act No. 27 of 2000))]