Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act No. 51 of 1996)RegulationsRegulations for the Registration of Political Parties, 20047. Register of parties and registration of documents |
| (1) | The Chief Electoral Officer must keep a register of parties in which is recorded all registrations, renewals of registrations, failures to renew registrations, changes of the registered names, abbreviated names, distinguishing marks or symbols of parties and cancellations of registrations. |
| (2) | The register of parties and a copy of every document lodged with the Chief Electoral Officer for the purposes of the registration of a party, or the renewal of the registration of a party, the changes of the registered name, abbreviated name, distinguishing mark or symbol of a party or the cancellation of the registration of a party, shall be kept for inspection by the public at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer and any person may inspect the register and if requested a copy of the register to be made available free of charge during office hours. |
| (3) | The Chief Electoral Officer must furnish a copy of a document referred to in subregulation (2) to any person applying for it after a person has paid a fee of one rand (R1,00) per page. |