Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 6 : Counting63. Procedure concerning results and voting materials |
| (1) | The counting officer must complete a prescribed form reflecting the result of the count in respect of each ballot conducted at the voting station. |
| (2) | Once the counting officer has complied with subsection (1), the counting officer must— |
| (a) | forward the result in respect of each ballot conducted at the voting station, to the Commission at the office of the Commission’s local representative for the municipality concerned; |
| (b) | seal in separate containers the ballot paper statement referred to in section 53(a) and each of the items mentioned in section 53(c) and the written record of any objections in terms of section 62(6); and |
| (c) | deliver the sealed containers to the Commission at the office of the Commission’s local representative. |