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Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)

Chapter 3 : Preparations for Election

Part 3 : Ward candidates

17. Requirements for ward candidates to contest election

 

(1) A person may contest an election as a ward candidate only if that person is nominated on a prescribed form and that form is submitted to the office of the Commission’s local representative by not later than a date stated in the timetable for the election.

 

(2) The following must be attached to a nomination when it is submitted to the:
(a) In the case of an independent ward candidate, a prescribed form with the signatures of at least 50 voters whose names appear on the municipality's segment of the voters’ roll for any voting district in the contested ward;
(b) [Section 17(2)(b) deleted by section 19(a) of Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 321, GG44648, dated 1 June 2021 - effective 27 August 2021, Proclamation R.35, dated 27 August 2021]
(c) [Section 17(2)(c) deleted by section 19(a) of Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 321, GG44648, dated 1 June 2021 - effective 27 August 2021, Proclamation R.35, dated 27 August 2021]
(d) a deposit equal to a prescribed amount, if any, payable in the prescribed form and manner;
(e) a prescribed undertaking, signed by the candidate, to be bound by the Code; and
(f) a prescribed declaration, signed by the candidate, that he or she is not disqualified from standing for election in terms of the Constitution or any applicable legislation.

[Section 17(2)(d) substituted by section 19(b) of Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 321, GG44648, dated 1 June 2021 - effective 27 August 2021, Proclamation R.35, dated 27 August 2021]

 

(2A) The Commission may in the form and manner as may be prescribed request from the Party or person—
(a) an acceptance of nomination signed by the candidate; and
(b) a copy of the identity card or that page of the candidate’s identity document on which the candidate’s photo, name and identity number appear

[Section 17(2A) substituted by section 19(c) of Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2021, Notice No. 321, GG44648, dated 1 June 2021 - effective 27 August 2021, Proclamation R.35, dated 27 August 2021]

 

(3) The Commission must accept a nomination submitted to it and allow the nominated person to stand as a candidate in the ward if—
(a) the provisions of section 16 and this section have been complied with; and
(b) the candidate is registered as a voter on that municipality's segment of the voters' roll.

[Section 17(3) substituted by section 4(c) of Act No. 14 of 2010]