Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)Chapter 6 : Counting64. Determination and declaration of result of election |
| (1) | On receipt of all the results of the count in respect of all ballots conducted at the voting stations within the municipality, the Commission must— |
| (a) | determine the result of the election in the municipality; |
| (b) | record the result on a prescribed form; and |
| (c) | declare the result in public. |
| (2) | If the Commission is unable to determine and declare the result of an election within the seven-day period required by section 5 of the Electoral Commission Act, the Commission may, within that period, apply to the Electoral Court for an extension of the period and must furnish the electoral Court with good reason for doing so. |
| (3) | Despite the provisions of any law, the Electoral Court may, on good cause shown, grant or refuse an application referred to in subsection (2). |
[Section 64 substituted by section 9 of Act No. 14 of 2010]