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

Regulations

Municipal Electoral Regulations, 2000

Schedule A

Part IV : Voting Stations, Officers, Agents and Observers

18A. Carrying or display of arms or other dangerous weapons
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(1)No person—
(a)may, except for a member of the South African Police Services on duty at that voting station, enter into the boundaries of a voting station while in possession of any firearm; or
(b)may enter into and remain within the boundaries of a voting station while in possession of a dangerous weapon after it has been identified to that person by a member of the security services as being dangerous.

 

(2)Any person who contravenes the provisions of subregulation (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a period referred to in regulation 29.

 

[Regulation 18A inserted by regulation 3 of Government Notice R848 of 2005]