| (1) | If satisfied that a person's application for registration complies with this Act, and that the person is a South African citizen and is at least 18 years of age, the chief electoral officer must register that person as a voter by making the requisite entries in the voters' roll. |
[Section 8 substituted by section 4 of Notice No. 1641, GG 25687, dated 6 November 2003 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 34 of 2003))]
| (2) | The chief electoral officer may not register a person as a voter if that person— |
| (a) | has applied for registration fraudulently or otherwise than in the prescribed manner; |
| (b) | [Section 8(2)(b) deleted by section 4 of Notice No. 1641, GG 25687, dated 6 November 2003 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 34 of 2003))] |
| (c) | has been declared by the High Court to be of unsound mind or mentally disordered; |
| (d) | is detained under the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002); or |
[Section 8(2)(d) substituted by section 4(a) of Notice No. 914, GG 37069, dated 26 November 2013 (Electoral Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 18 of 2013))]
| (e) | [Section 8(2)(e) deleted by section 4 of Notice No. 1641, GG 25687, dated 6 November 2003 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 34 of 2003))] |
| (f) | [Section 8(2)(f) deleted by section 4 by section 4(b) of Notice No. 914, GG 37069, dated 26 November 2013 (Electoral Amendment Act, 2003 (Act No. 18 of 2013))] |
| (3) | A person's name must be entered in the voters' roll only for a voting district within the ward in which that person is ordinarily resident: Provided that where that person is ordinarily resident outside the Republic, his or her name must be entered in a segment of the voters' roll created for that purpose. |
[Section 8(3) substituted by section 7 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)]
