ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) PART IV REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF VOTERS AND CONSTITUENCY REGISTRARS 17A Voter registration to be conducted continuously (1) Voter registration shall be conducted on a continuous basis so as to keep the voters rolls up-to-date. (2) Pursuant to subsection (1), every person claiming to be a voter shall be entitled, at any time while the voters roll is open, to lodge a claim for registration as a voter or for the transfer of registration as a voter in terms of this Act— (a) during normal working hours on any working day, in the case of a registration office; or (b) during the period when a mobile voter registration facility is operating in the area where the voter wishes to be registered as a voter, or from or to which he or she wishes to be transferred as a voter. 18 Registrar-General of Voters (1) There shall be a Registrar-General of Voters whose office shall be a public office and shall form part of the Public Service. (2) The Registrar-General of Voters shall exercise such functions as are imposed or conferred upon the Registrar-General of Voters by or under this Act and, in the exercise of his or her functions, the Registrar-General of Voters shall be subject to the direction and control of the Commission. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Registrar-General of Voters may— (a) assume and exercise any function which in terms of this Act is vested in a constituency registrar; (b) with the consent of the Commission, delegate any of his or her functions in terms of this Act to any other member of the Public Service; (c) assign or authorise the delegation of all or any of the functions which in terms of this Act are vested in a constituency registrar to any other such member of the Public Service; (d) in relation to an election to which Part XIX applies, delegate any of his or her functions in terms of this Act, the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15] to a member of the Public Service; and shall do so if so directed by the Commission. 19 Constituency registrars and other officers (1) For each constituency there shall be— (a) a constituency registrar; and (b) a deputy constituency registrar; and (c) one or more assistant constituency registrars; who shall be members of the Public Service. - 19 -