Older Persons Act, 2006
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Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)SchedulesSchedule 3 : Election Timetable |
In terms of section 11 of the Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), the Electoral Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") hereby compiled this election timetable to apply to the ................................... (particulars of relevant election) that will be held on ................ (date/s). (A reference to "section" in this election timetable is a reference to that section of the Act and a reference to "regulation" is a reference to that regulation in the Municipal Electoral Regulations, 2000.)
Cut-off time for act to be performed
| 1. | An act required in terms of the Act and the Municipal Electoral Regulations, 2000, to be performed by no later than a date stated in the election timetable must be performed before 17:00 on that date. |
| 1A. | By . . . [day/month/year], the chief electoral officer must give notice of the periods during which, and the venues where, the segments of the provisionally compiled voters’ roll compiled for the election shall be available for inspection in terms of section 14(1)(e) of the Electoral Act. |
[Item 1A of Schedule 3 inserted by section 22 of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]
| 1B. | By . . . [day/month/year], any objections in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Act in respect of the segments of the provisionally compiled voters’ roll for the election must be made. |
[Item 1B of Schedule 3 inserted by section 22 of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]
| 1C. | By . . . [day/month/year], the Commission must decide any objection made in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Act in respect of the segments of the provisionally compiled voters’ roll for this election and notify the objector and the chief electoral officer and a person other than the objector whose name or registration details are involved. |
[Item 1C of Schedule 3 inserted by section 22 of Notice No. 23, GG 42176, dated 21 January 2019 (Electoral Laws Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 1 of 2019)) - effective 6 March 2019 (Proclamation No. 11 of 2019)]
Notice that list of addresses of voting stations is available for inspection
| 2. | The Commission must give notice by ............................ (date) that from the date of the notice until the voting day copies of a list of all voting stations and their addresses will be available for inspection at the office of the Commission's local representative. |
Notice of route of mobile voting station
| 3. | The Commission must give notice by .......................... (date) of the route, including the locations and estimated times of stopping of each mobile voting station. |
Cut-off date for publication of voters' roll
| 4. | By ........................ (date), the Chief Electoral Officer must certify the voters' roll or the municipality's segments of the voters' roll to be used in this election in terms of section 6(2), and make those segments available for inspection. |
Cut-off date for submission of notice to contest, list of candidates and nomination of ward candidate
5.
| (1) | Registered parties that intend to contest this election in terms of section 14 must nominate and submit a notice of intention to contest, a party list of their candidates and the prescribed deposit with the supporting documents for the election to the office of the Commission's local representative in the prescribed form and manner by .................... (date). |
| (2) | Registered parties and nominators of independent candidates that . intend to contest a ward in this election in terms of section 17, must submit their nominations and the prescribed deposits with the supporting documentation for the said ward election to the office of the Commission's local representative in the prescribed form and manner by .................. (date). |
| (3) | Payment of the prescribed deposits in terms of section 14A must be made by .................... (date). |
Notice of non-compliance
6.
(1)
| (a) | The Commission must notify a registered party that has submitted a party list of candidates in terms of section 14 but has not fully complied with section 14(3), of that non-compliance by ................... (date). |
(b) If the notified party takes the opportunity to comply with section 14(3), that party must do so by .................... (date).
(2)
| (a) | The Commission must notify the nominating party or person of a candidate who has not fully complied with section 17(2)(b) and (c), of that non-compliance by ....................... (date). |
| (b) | If the nominating party or person takes the opportunity to comply with section 17(2)(b) or (c), that party or person must do so by ............ (date). |
List of parties entitled to contest election and list of candidates
7. By ..................... (date), the Commission—
(a) must compile the list of the registered parties entitled to contest this election;
(b) must certify the party lists for this election; and
(c) keep those lists available at the office of the Commission's local representative.
List of ward candidates to contest ward election
8. By ................. (date), the Commission must—
(a) compile and certify for each ward contested in this election, a list of candidates contesting that ward; and
(b) keep copies of those lists available at the office of the Commission's local representative.
Issue of certificate to candidate
| 9. | By ................ (date), the Commission must issue— |
| (a) | the prescribed candidate certificate to each candidate on the certified party lists in this election; and |
| (b) | the prescribed candidate certificate to each candidate on the certified list of ward candidates in this election. |
[Schedule 3 inserted by section 11 of Act No. 14 of 2013]
