ELECTORAL ACT
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(2) The fees prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) shall not exceed the minimal cost
of providing printed or electronic copies of this Act and all regulations and rules made under
this Act.
[Section repealed by s. 81 of Act No. 17 of 2007 and new section inserted by s. 37 of Act No. 3 of 2012]
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Regulatory powers of Commission
(1) The Commission may by regulation prescribe all matters which by this Act are required
or permitted to be prescribed or which, in its opinion, are necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) Regulations in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a) any matter for which it is expressly provided in this Act that regulations may be made;
(a1) the terms and conditions of service of the employees of the Commission, including the
Chief Elections Officer;
[Paragraph inserted by s. 38 of Act No. 3 of 2012]
(b) the form of any document to be used in the carrying out of the provisions of this Act;
(c) the duties of constituency elections officers, presiding officers and polling officers
where the electoral officer has made a declaration in terms of subsection (6) of section
twenty-one, including the manner of identifying applicants for ballot papers and the
questions that may be put to such applicants;
(d) the issue of duplicate voters registration certificates and the fee payable therefor;
(e) such measures to be taken in connection with an election as may be desirable or
expedient to ensure that—
(i) a person does not cast more than one vote; or
(ii) a person who is not eligible to vote does not cast a vote;
(f) measures to be taken by employers to provide their employees with an opportunity to
vote in any election;
(g) the access by journalists to, and their conduct at, polling stations and constituency
centres;
(g1) facilities enabling electoral officials and other persons who, on polling day in any
election are or will be assisting with the conduct of the election, to cast their votes,
whether through the medium of postal voting or otherwise;
[Paragraph inserted by s. 82 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
(g2) the membership and functions of multi-party liaison committees as defined in Part
XXIA;
[Paragraph inserted by s. 82 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
(h) penalties for contraventions thereof, not exceeding a fine of level ten or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding one year or both such fine and such imprisonment.
(3) The Commission shall consult the Minister responsible for local government before
making regulations in terms of subsection (1) in respect of elections to which Part XVIII
applies.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act but subject to subsection (5), the
Commission may make such statutory instruments as it considers necessary or desirable to
ensure that any election is properly and efficiently conducted and to deal with any matter or
situation connected with, arising out of or resulting from the election.
(5) Statutory instruments made in terms of subsection (4) may provide for—
(a) altering any period specified in this Act within which anything connected with, arising
out of or resulting from any election must be done;
(b) empowering any person to make orders or give directions in relation to any matter
connected with, arising out of or resulting from any election;
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