§ Electoral Act s. 24Voters’ roll for election

( 1) The voters’ roll, or the segments of the voters’ roll
that must be used for an election, are those as they exist on the day the election is proclaimed.
(2) By not later than the relevant date stated in the election time table, the chief electoral officer must certify the voters’ roll or the segments of the voters’ roll to be used in that
election and publish it by making it available for inspection at the following venues:
(a)
At the Commission’s head office,
the election will take place;
(b)
ineachprovince,at
the office of the Commission’sprovincialrepresentative,
the segments for all voting districts in the province in
which the election will
take place; and
(c)
at the office of eachmunicipality, the segments for all votingdistricts in that
municipality in which the election will take place.
the segments for all voting districts in which
25.Voters’
roll for first elections of National Assembly andprovincial legislatures.-( 1) Section 24 does not apply in respect of the first election of the National Assembly
and the fiist election of a provincial legislature referred to in items 6 (3) ( a ) and 11 (1) ( a ) of
Schedule 6 to the Constitution, respectively.
(2) The voters’ roll that must be used for the elections referred to in subsection (1) is
the voters’ roll compiled by the chief electoral officer in terms of section 5 and published by
that officer by thedate referred to in section 14 (2) (A).
Part 3: Parties contesting election, and lists of candidates
26.Requirementsforparties
only ifthat pafly-
to contestelection.-A
party maycontest
(a)
is a registered party; and
(b)
has submitted a list of candidates in terms of section 27
an election
27. Submission of lists of candidates.-(I) A registered party intending to contest an
election must nominate candidates and submit a list or lists of those candidates for that election
to the chief electoral officer in the prescribed manner by not later than the relevant date stated
in the election timetable.
(2) The list or lists must be accompanied by a prescribed(a)
undertaking, signed by thedulyauthorisedrepresentative
of the party, binding
the party, persons holding political office in the party, and its representatives
and members, to the Code;
(b)
declaration, signed by the duly authorised representative
of the party, that each
candidate on the list is qualified to stand for election in terms of the Constitution
or national or provincial legislation under Chapter 7 of the Constitution;
(c)
acceptance of nomination, signed by each candidate;
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undertaking signed by each candidate, that
Code; and
(e)
deposit.
that candidate will be bound by the
( 3 ) ( a ) The Commission may prescribe the amount to be deposited in terms of subsection (2) (e).
( b ) The amount to be deposited by aregistered party contesting an election of a
provincial legislature, must be less than the amount for contesting an election of the National
Assembly.