Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations Concerning the Submission of Lists of Candidates, 2004

2A. Nomination of independent candidates

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(1) The nomination of an independent candidate referred to in section 31A of the Act must be submitted:
(a) By hand in a form similar to Appendix 8 in the case of an election for the regional seats in the National Assembly or Appendix 9 in the case of an election for a provincial legislature together with the prescribed appendices to the office of the chief electoral officer situated at Election House, Riverside Office Park, 1303 Heuwel Avenue, Centurion; or
(b) electronically by uploading the information required in the relevant fields in Appendix 10 or Appendix 11 on the CNS system and complying with the requirements displayed on the CNS system.

 

(2) The voters referred to in section 31B(3)(a) must sign a form similar to Appendix 10 in the case of an election for the regional seats in the National Assembly or Appendix 11 in the case of an election for a provincial legislature and the nominator must upload the completed form and electronically submit the identity numbers of all such registered voters on the CNS system and comply with the requirements displayed on the CNS system.

 

(4) The undertaking and declarations by the candidate referred to in section 31B(3)(c), (d) and (e) must be in a form similar to Appendix 9

 

[Regulation 2A inserted by section 4 of the Amendment to the Regulations Concerning the Submission of Candidates, 2024, Notice No. 4304, GG50066, dated 1 February 2024]