Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
R 385
Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Registration of Voters' and Voters' Roll8. Registration |
| (1) | If satisfied that a person's application for registration complies with this Act, and that the person is a South African citizen and is at least 18 years of age, the chief electoral officer must register that person as a voter by making the requisite entries in the voters' roll. |
[subsection (1) substitution by No. 4 of Act No. 34 of 2003 Government Gazette 25687]
| (2) | The chief electoral officer may not register a person as a voter if that person— |
| (a) | has applied for registration fraudulently or otherwise than in the prescribed manner; |
| (b) | is not a South African citizen; |
| (c) | has been declared by the High Court to be of unsound mind or mentally disordered; |
| (d) | is detained under the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002); or |
| (e) | is not ordinarily resident in the voting district for which that person has applied for registration. |
(f) ....
[subsection (2) (d) substitution by No. 4 (a) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]
[subsection (2) (f) deletion by No. 4 (b) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]
| (3) | A person's name must be entered in the voters' roll only for the voting district in which that person is ordinarily resident and for no other voting district: Provided that where that person is ordinarily resident outside the Republic, his or her name must be entered in a segment of the voters' roll created for that purpose. |
[subsection (3) substitution by No. 4 (c) of Act No. 18 of 2013 Government Gazette 37069]
