Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)RegulationsElection Regulations, 2004Chapter 3B : Special Votes in an Election for a Provincial Legislature14. Categories of persons |
| (1) | In this Chapter the procedure for applying for special votes and the procedures for the casting and counting of special votes in an election are prescribed as required by section 33A(3) of the Act in respect of persons who cannot vote at a voting station in the voting district in which they are registered as voters due to their— |
| (a) | physical infirmity or disability or pregnancy; |
| (b) | absence from that voting district while serving as an officer in the election concerned; |
| (c) | being on duty as a member of the security services in connection with the election. |
| (2) | In an election for a provincial legislature, the Commission must allow a person to apply for and cast a special vote, prior to election day, in the voting district in which that person is registered, if he or she cannot vote in that voting district on election day, due to his or her intended absence from that voting district on election day. |
[Regulation 14 substituted by section 3 of Notice No. R. 968, GG 37132, dated 6 December 2013]