Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 3 : Preparations for ElectionPart 6 : Officers, additional persons, institutions and agents40. Powers and duties of agents and candidates within voting station |
| (1) | An agent and a party or ward candidate must wear a prescribed identification tag at a voting station or counting venue. |
| (2) | No party, agent or candidate may within the boundary of a voting station— |
| (a) | display or distribute any billboard, poster, placard or pamphlet; |
| (b) | wear, carry or display any clothing, headwear, footwear or other apparel in such a manner that any writing, picture or sign thereon relating to any party or candidate, other than the prescribed identification tag, is visible; |
| (c) | attempt to induce, influence or persuade a person to vote for or not to vote for a particular party or candidate; or |
| (d) | attempt to induce, influence or persuade a person not to vote. |
| (3) | An agent or candidate may— |
| (a) | observe proceedings concerning voting, counting and the determination and declaration of results; |
| (b) | not interfere with the proceedings; |
| (c) | lodge objections with or bring any alleged irregularities to the attention of the presiding officer or counting officer. |
| (4) | The absence of an agent or candidate from a place where any such proceedings are being conducted does not invalidate those proceedings. |
| (5) | Whilst present at any voting station, or other venue where the proceedings referred to in subsection (3) take place, an agent or candidate must comply with any order issued by an officer or a member of the security services acting on the instructions of an officer. |