ELECTORAL ACT
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“constituency centre” means a constituency centre established in terms of section 37C(1)(c)
for an election to the office of President or in terms of section 37C(1)(b) for an election
of members of Parliament, as the case may be;
[Definition substituted by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
“constituency elections officer”, in relation to—
(a) an election of a member of the National Assembly, means a person appointed in
terms of section 10(4)(a) as constituency elections officer for the purposes of that
election;
(b) an election to the office of President, means a person appointed in terms of
section 10(4)(b) as the presidential constituency elections officer for the purposes
of that election in the constituency concerned;
[Definition substituted by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
“constituency member” bears the meaning given to that phrase in section 45B;
[Definition inserted by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
“constituency registrar” …
Definition repealed by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
“constituency return” means a return in the prescribed form recording the result of a
collation of the votes for a Presidential election at a constituency centre in terms of
section 110;
[Definition amended by s. 3 of Act No. 3 of 2012]
“corrupt practice” means any of the following offences referred to in Part XIX, namely—
(a) undue influence;
(b) bribery;
(c) personation;
(d) attempting to commit or inciting the commission of an offence specified in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
“council” means a municipal council, town council or rural district council established in
terms of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13] or the Urban Councils Act
[Chapter 29:15] for any local authority area;
[Definition inserted by s. 16 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
“councillor” means a member of a council;
[Definition inserted by s. 16 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
“covering envelope” means the envelope referred to in section 74(1)(b);
[Definition amended by s. 48 of Act No. 6 of 2014
“designated magistrate” means a magistrate designated for the purposes of Part VI by the
Minister to whom the administration of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10] has
been assigned;
“designated office-bearer” means an office-bearer of a political party designated as such to
the Commission by the political party in accordance with section 38A(1)(a) or (b);
[Definition inserted by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
“disciplined force” means the Defence Forces, the Police Service or the Prisons and
Correctional Service;
[Definition substituted by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014 and amended by s. 2 of Act No. 6 of 2018]
“district” means a district as defined in the Rural District Councils (Districts) Notice, 1992,
published in Statutory Instrument 67 of 1992, or any other enactment that may be
substituted for the same;
[Definition inserted by s. 3 of Act No. 3 of 2012]
“district centre” …
[Definition repealed by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
“district special voting officer” …
[Definition repealed by s. 5 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
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