| (1) | The council may order the registrar to remove the name of any person from the register concerned if the council is satisfied that such person— |
| (b) | has requested that his name be removed from such register and that no steps in terms of Chapter III are pending or contemplated, or will probably be instituted, against him; |
| (c) | has left the Republic permanently or that he has been absent from the Republic for a continuous period of more than three years without the council’s permission; |
| (d) | has failed to pay any money which he owes to the council within three months after the date upon which it became payable; |
[Section 20(1)(d) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 68 of 1995]
| (e) | has failed to furnish the address of his permanent residence in accordance with the written request of the registrar, addressed to his address as registered in the register concerned; |
| (f) | is detained as a mentally ill person under the Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973); |
| (g) | has obtained his registration fraudulently; |
| (h) | has been registered in error. |
| (1A) | Notice of the removal of a person’s name from the register by virtue of the provisions of any one of paragraphs (b) to (h) of subsection (1) shall be given by the registrar to the person concerned by registered letter sent through the post to him to his address as registered in the register concerned. |
[Section 20(1A) inserted by section 9 of Act No. 68 of 1995]
| (2) | The council may order the registrar to rectify any entry in a register in respect of which the council is satisfied that it is incorrect, and the registrar shall record any such rectification in the register concerned. |
| (3) | If the council is satisfied that the reason why any person’s name has been removed from a register has ceased to exist and that he satisfies the requirements for registration in terms of this Act, the council may on application made in the prescribed manner by such person and after payment of the prescribed fee, order that his name be restored to the register from which it was so removed. |
