Older Persons Act, 2006
R 385
Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll16. Publication and copies of voters' roll |
| ( 1) | A copy of the voters' roll as it exists at any time must be available for inspection during office hours at the Commission's head office, and the provincial and municipal segments of the voters' roll must be available for inspection at the times and venues mentioned in a notice published by the chief electoral officer in the Government Gazette. |
| (2) | The chief electoral officer must provide a certified copy of, or extract from, a segment of the voters' roll as it exists at that time, to any person who has paid the prescribed fee. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding subsection (2), the chief electoral officer must, on payment of the prescribed fee, provide copies of the voters' roll, or a segment thereof, which includes the addresses of voters, where such addresses are available, to all registered political parties contesting the elections. |
[subsection (3) insertion by No. 5 of Act No. 34 of 2003 Government Gazette 25687]
| (4) | The voters' roll with addresses referred to in subsection (3) may only be used by political parties for election purposes and anyone using such voters' roll for other purposes is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
[subsection (4) insertion by No. 5 of Act No. 34 of 2003 Government Gazette 25687]
