ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) PART VIIIA DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES 37A Delimitation of constituencies and electoral divisions to be conducted openly and with consultation (1) Before fixing and reviewing the boundaries of constituencies and other electoral divisions, the Commission shall cause notice of its intention to do so to be published in the Gazette and in such other manner as the Commission thinks appropriate. (2) When fixing or reviewing the boundaries of constituencies and other electoral divisions, the Commission shall, so far as is practicable within the time available, entertain representations from voters, political parties and other interested persons and bodies likely to be affected by the decision made by the Commission. PART IX PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL ELECTIONS AND NOTIFICATION OF BY-ELECTIONS 38 General, presidential and local authority elections (1) In a proclamation in terms of section 58(1) of the Constitution fixing a day or days for the holding of an election to the office of President, a general election and elections for councillors, the President shall— (a) for the purposes of the election of a person to the office of President, fix — (i) a place or places at which, and a day or days, not less than fourteen and not more than twenty-one days after the day of publication of the proclamation, on which a nomination court shall sit for the purpose of receiving nominations of candidates for election to the office of President; and (ii) a day or days, not less than twenty-eight and not more than fifty days after the nomination day or last nomination day, as the case may be, fixed in terms of subparagraph (i), on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 110(2). (b) for the purposes of a general election, fix— (i) a place or places at which, and a day or days, not less than fourteen nor more than twenty-one days after the day of publication of the proclamation, on which a nomination court shall sit in terms of section 46 to receive nominations of candidates for election as members of Parliament; and (ii) a day or days, not less than twenty-eight nor more than fifty days after the nomination day or last nomination day, as the case may be, fixed in terms of subparagraph (i), on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 46(17)(c) for the election of members of Parliament; (c) for the purposes of elections for councillors, fix— (i) a place or places within the ward at which, and a day or days, not less than fourteen or more than twenty-one days after the day of - 32 -