(a) | compel or unlawfully persuade any person— |
(i) | to register or not to register as a voter; |
(ii) | to vote or not to vote; |
(iii) | to vote or not to vote for any registered party or candidate; |
(iv) | to support or not to support any registered party or candidate; or |
(v) | to attend and participate in, or not to attend and participate in, any political meeting, march, demonstration or other political event; |
(c) | prejudice any person because of any past, present or anticipated performance of a function in terms of this Act; |
(d) | advantage, or promise to advantage, a person in exchange for that person not performing a function in terms of this Act; |
(e) | prevent any of the following persons from gaining reasonable access to voters, whether in a public or private place: |
(i) | Any representative of a registered party or of a candidate; |
(iii) | any member, employee or officer of the Commission; |
(iv) | the chief electoral officer; |
(v) | any person appointed by an accredited observer; |
(vi) | any person accredited to provide voter education; |
(f) | unlawfully prevent the holding of any political meeting, march, demonstration or other political event; |
(g) | use public funds, except for the funds allocated to a party in terms of section 5 of the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, 1997 (Act No. 103 of 1997), for the purpose of a political campaign. |
[Section 87(1) substituted by section 16 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) | Subject to this Act, no person may prevent anyone from exercising a right conferred by this Act. |
(3) | No person, knowing that another person is not entitled to be as a voter, may— |
(a) | persuade that other person that that other person is entitled to be registered as a voter; or |
(b) | represent to anyone else that that other person is entitled to be registered as a voter. |
(4) | No person, knowing that another person is not entitled to vote, may— |
(a) | assist, compel or persuade that other person to vote; or |
(b) | represent to anyone else that that other person is entitled to vote. |