• Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)
  • Notice No. 1314 of 1998 
  • Act
  • Chapter 1 : Interpretation, Application and Administration
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Interpretation of this Act
    • 3. Application of this Act
    • 4. Administration of this Act
  • Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters', and Voters' Roll
    • 5. National common voters' roll
    • 6. Persons who may apply for registration as voter
    • 7. Applications for registration as voter
    • 8. Registration
    • 9. Applications to change registration details
    • 10. Applications for deregistration as voter
    • 11. Amendments to voters' roll by chief electoral officer
    • 12. Notification by chief electoral officer
    • 13. Appeal against decisions and steps of chief electoral officer
    • 14. General registration of voters
    • 15. Objections to  voters' roll
    • 16. Publication and copies of voters' roll
  • Chapter 3 : Proclamation of and Preparations for Elections
    • Part 1 : Proclamation of elections
      • 17. Proclamation of elections of National Assembly
      • 18. Proclamation of elections of provincial legislatures
      • 19. [Repealed] Proclamation of municipal elections
      • 20. Election timetables
      • 21. General postponement of elections
      • 22. Postponement of voting at voting station
      • 23. Revote at voting station
    • Part 2 : Voters' roll
      • 24. Voters' roll for election
      • 24A. Voting in voting district where voter not registered
      • 24B. Prisoners
      • 25. Voters' roll for first election of National Assembly and provincial legislatures
    • Part 3 : Parties contesting election, and lists of candidates
      • 26. Requirements for parties to contest election
      • 27. Submission of lists of candidates
      • 28. Non-compliance concerning submission of lists of candidates
      • 29. Inspection of copies of lists of candidates and accompanying documents
      • 30. Objections to lists of candidates
      • 31. List of parties entitled to contest election and final lists of candidates
    • Part 3A : Independent candidates
      • 31A. Nomination of independent candidate
      • 31B. Requirements for independent candidates to contest elections
      • 31C. Non-compliance
      • 31D. Inspection of copies of lists of independent candidates and accompanying documents
      • 31E. Objections to independent candidates
      • 31F. List of independent candidates entitled to contest election
    • Part 4 : Municipal Councils
      • 32. [Repealed] Further regulating of elections of municipal councils
    • Part 5 : Special votes and declaration votes
      • 33. Special votes in election for National Assembly
      • 33A. Special votes in election for provincial legislatures
      • 34. [Repealed] Declaration votes
  • Chapter 4 : Elections
    • Part 1 : Voting
      • 35. Officers at voting stations
      • 36. Hours of voting
      • 37. Initial procedures
      • 38. Voting procedure
      • 39. Assistance to certain voters
      • 40. Issue of new ballot papers
      • 41. Objections concerning voting
      • 42. Sealing of full ballot boxes
      • 43. Completion of form and sealing of voting materials
      • 44. Mobile voting stations
      • 45. More than one election on same day
    • Part 2 : Counting of votes at voting station
      • 46. Place and time of counting of votes
      • 47. Counting of votes and determination of provisional results
      • 48. Objections concerning sorting of ballot papers
      • 49. Objections concerning counting of votes and determination of provisional results
      • 50. Procedure concerning provisional results and voting materials
    • Part 3 : Counting of votes at place other than voting station
      • 51. Application of Part and procedures
      • 52. Verification procedure
      • 53. Objections concerning verification procedure
      • 54. Application of certain sections in Part 2
    • Part 4 : Objections material to final results of election
      • 55. Objections material to final results of election
      • 56. Powers of Commission and Electoral Court
    • Part 5 : Determination and declaration of final result of election
      • 57. Determination and declaration of final result of election
    • Part 6 : Electoral system
      • 57A. System of representation in National Assembly and provincial legislatures
  • Chapter 5 : Agents
    • 58. Appointment of agents
    • 59. Powers and duties of agents
  • Chapter 6 : Administration
    • Part 1 : Voting districts
      • 60. Establishment of voting districts
      • 61. Factors for determining voting district boundaries
      • 62. Consultation with political liaison committee
      • 63. Inspection and copies of maps of voting districts
      • 63A. Review of voting districts
    • Part 2 : Voting stations
      • 64. Establishment of voting stations
      • 65. Relocation of voting stations in emergencies
      • 66. Boundaries of voting stations
      • 67. Mobile voting stations
    • Part 3 : Voting materials
      • 68. Ballot papers
      • 69. Ballot boxes
      • 70. Voting compartments
      • 71. Voting materials
    • Part 4 : Appointment of officers, additional persons and institutions, and their powers and duties
      • 72. Appointment of presiding officers
      • 73. Powers and duties of presiding officers
      • 74. Appointment of voting officers
      • 75. Powers and duties of voting officers
      • 76. Appointment of counting officers
      • 77. Powers and duties of counting officers
      • 78. Appointment of counters
      • 79. Powers and duties of counters
      • 80. Appointment of additional persons
      • 81. Powers and duties of additional persons
      • 82. General provisions concerning appointment of officers
      • 83. General provisions concerning appointment of institutions
    • Part 5 : Accreditation of observers and persons providing voter education
      • 84. Accreditation of observers
      • 85. Powers and duties of accredited observers
      • 86. Accreditation of persons providing voter education
  • Chapter 7 : General Provisions
    • Part 1 : Prohibited conduct
      • 87. Undue influence
      • 88. Impersonation
      • 89. Intentional false statements
      • 90. Infringement of secrecy
      • 91. Prohibitions concerning voting and election materials
      • 92. Prohibitions concerning placards and billboards during election
      • 93. Obstruction of, or non-compliance with, directions of Commission, chief electoral officer and other officers
      • 94. Contravention of Code
    • Part 2 : Enforcement
      • 95. Institution of and intervention in civil proceedings by chief electoral officer
      • 96. Jurisdiction and powers of Electoral Court
    • Part 3 : Offences and penalties
      • 97. Offences
      • 98. Penalties
    • Part 4 : Additional powers and duties of Commission
      • 99. Electoral Code of Conduct and other Codes
      • 100. Regulations
      • 101. Assignment of powers and duties by Commission
      • 102. Assignment of powers and duties by chief electoral officer
      • 103. Powers to decide objections and appeals
      • 103A. Conciliation in disputes and complaints
      • 104. Access to private places
      • 105. Ownership of voting and election materials, and disposal
      • 106. Return or forfeiture of deposit
    • Part 5 : Other general provisions
      • 107. Temporary obligations
      • 108. Prohibition on certain political activities
      • 109. Prohibition on publication of exit polls
      • 110. Effect of certain irregularities
      • 111. Inspection and copying of documents
      • 112. Prohibition on certain strikes and lockouts
      • 113. Limitation of liability
      • 114. Composition of National Assembly and provincial legislatures
      • 115. Repeal of Laws
      • 116. Act binds State
      • 117. Application of Act when in conflict with other laws
      • 118. Short title and commencement
  • Schedules
    • Schedule 1 : Election Timetable
    • Schedule 1A : System of Representation  in National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures
    • Schedule 2 : Electoral Code of Conduct
    • Schedule 3 : Composition of National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures
    • Schedule 4 : Repeal of Laws
• Regulations
  • Voter Registration Regulations, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 1340 of 1998
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application for registration as voter
    • 3. Application to have change of place of ordinary residence recorded
    • 4. Application for re-registration as voter
    • 5. Notification by chief electoral officer
    • 6. Appeal to Commission against decisions and steps of chief electoral officer
    • 7. Objections to voters' roll
    • 8. Fee for certified copy of or extract from voters' roll
    • 9. Fee for certified copy of map of voting district
    • 9B. Fee for certified copy of electronic images of maps
    • 10. Particulars to be entered in the voters' roll
    • 11. Registration in voting district
    • 11A. Orderly conduct at registration stations
    • 12. Short title
    • Appendices
  • Election Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 12 of 2004
    • Chapter 1 : Definitions
      • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 2 : Voting Districts and Voting Stations
      • 2. Voting district map
      • 3. Postponement of voting at voting station
      • 4. Revote at voting station
      • 5. List of voting stations
    • Chapter 3A : Special Votes in an Election for the National Assembly
      • 6. Categories of persons eligible for special votes
      • 7. Physical infirmity or disability or pregnancy: Voting inside voting district
      • 8. Physical infirmity or disability or pregnancy: Voting outside voting district
      • 9. Election officers, security services members and voters' intended absence from voting district on voting day
      • 10. Notice of intention to cast a special vote outside the Republic
      • 11. [Deleted] Application for a special vote outside the Republic
      • 12. Counting of Special Votes cast in the Republic
      • 13. Provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder
    • Chapter 3B : Special Votes in an Election for a Provincial Legislature
      • 14. Categories of persons
      • 15. Physical infirmity or disability or pregnancy: Voting inside voting district
      • 15A. Physical infirmity or disability or pregnancy: Voting outside voting district
      • 15B. Election officers, security services members and intended absence from voting district on voting day
      • 15C. Counting of Special Votes cast in the Republic
      • 15D. Provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder
    • Chapter 4 : Voting
      • 16. Closing and securing of ballot boxes before voting
      • 17. Voting where not registered
      • 18. Marking of hand of voter
      • 18A. Voting procedure for a voter in respect of regional and provincial ballots whose address is not recorded on the voters' roll
      • 18B. Number of times that voter may be issued with a new ballot paper
      • 19. Objections concerning voting
      • 20. Appeals concerning voting
      • 21. Sealing of full ballot boxes
    • Chapter 5 : Mobile Voting Stations: Voting Procedures
      • 22. Use of mobile voting stations only
      • 23. Voting station and a mobile voting station
    • Chapter 6 : Counting of Votes
      • Part 1 : Counting of votes at voting station
        • 24. Comparing of ballot papers with number issued 
        • 25. Counting of votes
        • 26. Objections and appeals concerning sorting of ballot papers 
        • 27. Objections and appeals concerning counting of votes and determination of provisional results
      • Part 2 : Counting of votes at place other than voting station
        • 28. Verification: Irregularities and discrepancies
        • 29. Objections and appeals concerning verification
        • 30. Appeal to Commission concerning verification
        • 31. Objections material to the determination of the final results 
        • 32. Appeal to Electoral Court against decision of Commission
    • Chapter 7 : Party Agents and Candidates 
      • 33. Appointment and revocation of appointment of party agents 
      • 34. Identification of agents
      • 35. Candidates allowed within voting station
      • 36. Prohibited conduct at voting station
      • 37. Powers and duties of agents 
    • Chapter 8 : General provisions
      • 37A. Undertaking by Officers
      • 38. Offences and penalties
      • 39. Repeal of Regulations
      • 40. Short title
    • Appendices
  • Regulations Concerning the Submission of Lists of Candidates, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 14 of 2004
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. List of candidates
    • 2A. Nomination of independent candidates
    • 3. Deposit
    • 4. Notification of non-compliance by chief electoral officer
    • 5. Fees for certified copy of lists and accompanying documents
    • 6. Objection to nomination of a candidate
    • 7. Appeal to Electoral Court against decisions of Commission
    • 8. Repeal of Regulations
    • 9. Short title
    • Schedules
      • Schedule A
    • Appendixes 
      • Appendix 1/Annexure A : List of Candidates for the National Assembly (National List)
      • Appendix 2/Annexure B : Nomination of Candidates for the National Assembly (Regional List)
      • Appendix 3/Annexure C : Nomination of Candidates for the Provincial Legislature (Provincial List) in terms of the Electoral Act, 1998
      • Appendix 4/Annexure D : Acceptance of Nomination by Candidate on a Party List - Section 27(2)(c)
      • [Deleted] Appendix 5 : Acceptance of Nomination and Undertaking by Candidate
      • Appendix 6A : Notification of Non Compliance
      • Appendix 8 : Nomination of Independent Candidate [Regional] in terms of 31(A) and Acceptance of Nomination in terms of 31(B) of the Electoral Act
      • Appendix 9 : Nomination of Independent Candidate [Provincial] in terms of 31(A) and Acceptance of Nomination in terms of 31(B) of the Electoral Act
      • Appendix 10 : List of Signatories to Contest National Assembly Regional Seats - Section 27(2)(cB)(i) and 31(B)(3)(a)(i)
      • Appendix 11 : List of Signatories to Contest Provisional Legislature - Section 27(2)(cB)(ii) and 31(B)(3)(a)(ii)