ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) 116 First ward voters rolls (1) Subject to this Part, before the date fixed for the coming into being of a council, the Registrar-General of Voters shall, under the supervision of the Commission, draw up— (a) in the case of a municipal council, the first ward voters roll for each ward constituting the council area to be used in elections for councillors; and (b) in the case of any other council, the first ward voters roll for each ward constituting the council area to be used in elections for councillors. (2) For the purpose of preparing ward voters rolls in terms of subsection (1), the Registrar-General of Voters may— (a) cause to be transferred to any of those rolls the names of persons— (i) who are registered on the voters roll of a constituency falling wholly or partly within the ward concerned; and (ii) who the Registrar-General of Voters knows or has reason to believe are entitled to be enrolled on the ward voters roll of any ward within the council area concerned; or (b) direct that the voters roll of a constituency falling wholly or partly within the ward concerned, or any part of that roll, shall constitute the voters roll for the ward, where the Registrar-General of Voters knows or has reason to believe that the voters concerned are entitled to vote in elections held in that ward, and thereupon that constituency voters roll or part thereof, as the case may be, shall constitute the ward voters roll concerned; or (c) enrol any person or class of persons— (i) who is or are registered in terms of the National Registration Act [Chapter 10:17]; and (ii) whom the Registrar-General of Voters is satisfied is or are entitled to be enrolled on any ward voters roll in terms of this Act. (3) The expenses incurred in compiling the first ward voters rolls shall be paid shall be charged upon and paid out of the funds of the Commission, or, to the extent of any insufficiency of the funds of the Commission for this purpose, the Consolidated Revenue Fund. 117 Preparation of subsequent ward voters rolls (1) Subject to this section— (a) in each year in which elections for councillors are to be held, the RegistrarGeneral of Voters shall prepare ward voters rolls containing the names of persons entitled to be enrolled thereon on the date fixed in terms of section 26A for the closing of the roll concerned; (b) as soon as possible after an area has been added to the council area concerned, the Registrar-General of voters shall prepare one or more ward voters rolls containing the names of persons entitled to be enrolled thereon in terms of section 115. - 74 -