ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) PART XVIII PROVISIONS RELATING TO LOCAL AUTHORITY ELECTIONS Preliminary 113 Application of Part XVIII This Part shall apply in respect of— (a) elections of councillors in terms of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] and the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15]; and (b) elections to the office of mayor in terms of the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15]; and to the preparation and maintenance of voters rolls in connection with such elections. 114 Interpretation in Part XVIII (1) Subject to section four, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in— (a) the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13], shall bear the same meaning when used in this Part in relation to a rural district council; (b) the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15], shall bear the same meaning when used in this Part in relation to a city or municipal council, a town council or a local board. (2) Where a council area is divided into wards, any reference in this Part to the council area shall be construed, where appropriate, as a reference to that ward. (3) Any reference in this Part to an office of the Registrar-General of Voters shall be construed as a reference to such office or premises in the council area concerned as he or she may determine. Qualifications of voters and preparation of ward voters rolls 115 Qualifications of voters in local authority elections (1) Subject to this Part, every person who— (a) is qualified in terms of paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Constitution for registration as a voter; and (b) is resident within a ward; shall be entitled to be enrolled on a voter’s roll prepared for the ward. (2) Subject to section 23, a person shall be regarded as resident in a ward if— (a) in relation to any Communal Land within the ward, he or she is entitled in terms of the Communal Land Act [Chapter 20:04] to reside in that Communal Land or any part thereof; or (b) in relation to any other land, he or she is ordinarily resident therein or thereon. (3) If a claimant satisfies the Registrar-General of Voters that, for reasons related to his or her place of origin or otherwise, it is appropriate for him or her to be registered as a voter in a ward in which he or she is not resident, the claimant may be registered as a voter in that ward: Provided that no person shall be registered as a voter in more than one ward at any one time. - 73 -