Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
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Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll7. Applications for registration as voter |
| (1) | A person applying for registration as a voter must do so in person — |
| (a) | in the prescribed manner; and |
| (b) | only for the voting district in which that person is ordinarily resident. |
[subsection (1) substitution by No. 3 (a) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]
| 2) | .... |
[subsection (2) deletion by No. 2 (b) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]
| (3) |
| (a) | A person is regarded to be ordinarily resident at the home or place where that person normally lives and to which that person regularly returns after any period of temporary absence. |
| (b) | For the purpose of registration on the voters' roll a person is not regarded to be ordinarily resident at a place where that person is lawfully imprisoned or detained, but at the last home or place where that person normally lived when not imprisoned or detained. |
[Sub-section (3) added by section 93 of Act No. 27 of 2000.]
