Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)

Chapter 2 : Voters’ Roll and Election Date

6. Segments of voters’ roll to be used in election
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(1)A municipality’s segment of the voters' roll  to be used in that election is the one certified by the chief electoral officer for that election in terms of subsection (2).

[Section 6(1) substituted by section 18(a) of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]

 

(1A)Except where this Act otherwise permits, only a voter who applied for registration prior to the proclamation of an election date may vote in the election concerned.

[Section 6(1A) inserted by section 18(b) of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]

 

(2)By not later than a date stated in the timetable for an election, the chief electoral officer must—
(a)certify the segments of the voters’ roll for the voting districts to be used in the election; and
(b)make such segments available for inspection at—
(i)the Commission’s head office;
(ii)the office of the Commission’s provincial representative in the province in which the election will take place; and
(iii)the office of the Commission’s local representative in the municipality in which the election will take place.