Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)RegulationsRegulations Relating to the Establishment of the Professional Board for Community Development Practice, 202416. Safekeeping of ballot papers after elections |
| (1) | The returning officer shall immediately after the result of the election has been determined in terms of these Regulations— |
| (a) | seal in a separate parcel all the ballot papers which he or she has rejected in terms of these Regulations, together with a list of any votes which he or she has so rejected mentioning the number of the ballot paper concerned and, if it was possible to ascertain them, the names of the candidates affected by such rejection, and mark the parcel with the expression 'rejected ballot papers’; |
| (b) | seal in a separate parcel the counterfoils of all ballot papers which have been issued by him or her and mark the parcel with the expression 'counterfoils’. |
| (c) | seal in a separate parcel all other papers relating to the election including the nomination of candidates and mark the parcel 'election papers'; and |
| (d) | seal a printout of all electronic votes which clearly indicates rejected ballot papers as well as valid ballot papers, marked ‘electronic ballot papers’. |
| (2) | The returning officer shall forthwith deliver the parcels referred to in sub-regulation (1) to the registrar, who shall keep such parcels unopened for a period of at least one year, unless he or she is otherwise directed by a competent court. |
| (3) | The registrar shall destroy the parcels contemplated in sub-regulation (2) in accordance with the prescribed procedures after the period contemplated thereon has expired. |