ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008)
(4) The Chief Elections Officer, Registrar-General of Voters, any constituency registrar
or any officer of the Commission may demand from any voter who is registered on the voters
roll for a constituency proof of identity or proof of residence in that constituency or both of
the foregoing.
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Claims for registration
(1) Any person who wishes to be registered as a voter on the voters roll for any
constituency shall present himself or herself at the appropriate registration office in order for
the appropriate prescribed claim form to be completed on his or her behalf by the
constituency registrar, deputy constituency registrar or assistant constituency registrar:
Provided that a claimant who, in accordance with the proviso to subsection (1) of section
twenty-three, seeks registration in a constituency in which he or she is not resident shall lodge
a claim form with the Registrar-General of Voters.
(2) Where a claimant seeks registration in a constituency in which he or she is not
resident, he or she shall provide the Registrar-General of Voters with an address in that
constituency where he or she shall be deemed to be resident for the purposes of any
delimitation of constituencies in terms of the Constitution.
(3) If the constituency registrar is satisfied that a claimant who seeks registration in a
constituency in which he or she is resident is entitled to be registered as a voter on the voters
roll for that constituency, the constituency registrar shall, pursuant to the claim form and
subject to this Part, enter the claimant’s name and the particulars relating to him or her on that
voters roll.
(4) If, on receipt of a claim form in which the claimant seeks registration in a
constituency in which he or she is not resident, the Registrar-General of Voters is satisfied
that it is appropriate for the claimant to be registered in that constituency, the RegistrarGeneral of Voters shall direct the appropriate constituency registrar to enter the claimant’s
name and particulars relating to him or her on the voters roll for his or her constituency.
(5) If a constituency registrar considers that a claimant should be registered on the voters
roll for some other constituency, the constituency registrar shall forward the claim to the
constituency registrar for that other constituency and shall advise the claimant accordingly.
(6) The Chief Elections Officer, Registrar-General of Voters, any constituency registrar
or any officer of the Commission may demand from any claimant proof of identity or proof of
residence in that constituency or both of the foregoing.
(7) Any applicant aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar-General of Voters or
constituency registrar made under this section may lodge a complaint with the Commission in
terms of section one hundred and ninety.
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Claims for transfer of registration
(1) A voter whose name is registered on the voters roll for a constituency and who—
(a) has become resident in another constituency; or
(b) wishes, for the reason referred to in the proviso to subsection (1) of section twentyfour, to be registered in another constituency in which he or she is not resident;
may present himself or herself at the appropriate registration office in order for the
appropriate prescribed form to be completed on his or her behalf by the constituency registrar,
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