| 13.1 | The registrar shall as soon as possible after 08h30 on the first working day following the polling day for a particular election, break the seal on a ballot box referred to in regulation 10 and remove the contents of that ballot box therefrom in a room— |
| 13.1.1 | in which no unused ballot papers for the election concerned are present; and |
| 13.1.2 | to which only himself, a person referred to in section 14(2) of the Act, who exercises performs or carries out any power, function or duty in terms of these Regulations under the delegation, control or direction of the registrar, and a person referred to in regulation 13.5, have access. |
| 13.2 | After the seal on a ballot box has been broken in terms of regulation 13.1 no person shall— |
| 13.2.1 | bring any unused ballot paper for the election concerned, or a ballot paper which has been received by the registrar after the closing time on the polling day, into the room concerned; or |
| 13.2.2 | remove any ballot envelope or ballot paper which has been removed from such ballot box, from the room concerned, |
before the result of the election concerned has been determined.
| 13.3 | The registrar shall divide the identification envelopes which have been removed from such ballot box into those which have been endorsed as contemplated in regulation 12.2, and those which have not been thus endorsed, and shall thereafter open the latter identification envelopes and examine the ballot papers contained therein. |
| 13.4 | If the registrar after an examination referred to in regulation 13.3, is satisfied that a ballot paper has to be rejected on any of the grounds referred to in regulation 11.1.5, 11.1.6 or 11.1.7, he shall— |
| 13.4.1 | endorse the ballot paper concerned and the ballot envelope in which it was contained, with the words "Spoilt" and record the number of the regulation in terms whereof it is rejected thereon; and |
[Regulation 13(13.4.1) substituted by section 11(a) of Notice No. 652, GG45436, dated 8 November 2021]
| 13.4.2 | replace the ballot paper concerned in the ballot envelope concerned and thereafter keep it with the identification envelopes which have been endorsed in terms of regulation 12.2. |
| 13.4A | The Registrar shall, as soon as possible after 08h30 on the first working day following the polling day for a particular election count the votes recorded in the e-voting system and record the result in the presence of the observers. |
[Regulation 13(13.4A) inserted by section 11(b) of Notice No. 652, GG45436, dated 8 November 2021]
| 13.5 | Subject to the provisions of regulation 18 each candidate shall personally or through a duly authorized representative be entitled to be present at and peruse any act performed in terms of this regulation or regulation 14. |
