ELECTORAL ACT
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4. An observer shall at all times within a polling station, constituency centre or ward or
council centre wear a badge or label bearing proof that he or she has been duly
accredited in terms of this Act.
[Paragraph as amended by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
5. A chief election agent or election agent shall not wear any apparel sporting a
prohibited symbol or indicating any affiliation with a candidate or political party
participating in the poll, but may wear such identification label or badge as is sufficient
to indicate the candidate or political party he or she represents.
6. A chief election agent or election agent shall not, within or within two hundred metres
of a polling station, constituency centre or ward or council centre, canvass for any
candidate or political party.
7. A chief election agent, election agent or observer shall not obstruct or accost any voter
at a polling station or on his or her way thereto or therefrom, nor interview any voter at
a polling station.
[Paragraph as amended by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
8. A chief election agent, election agent or observer shall not do anything which
compromises the secrecy of the ballot.
[Paragraph as amended by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
9. If a chief election agent or election agent considers that there has been any irregularity
in the conduct of the poll or the counting of the votes, the chief election agent, election
agent or monitor shall not bring such irregularity or apparent irregularity to the
attention of any electoral officer other than the presiding officer or constituency
elections officer.
[Paragraph as amended by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
10. If an observer considers that there has been any irregularity in the conduct of the poll
or the counting of the votes, the observer shall bring such irregularity or apparent
irregularity to the attention of the presiding officer or constituency elections officer at
the polling station, constituency centre or ward or council centre concerned.
[Paragraph substituted by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
11. Not more than one election agent for any candidate shall be permitted to be in a
polling station at any time.
12. A chief election agent or election agent may not be present at a polling station,
constituency centre or ward or council centre located in a constituency or ward or
council area for which his or her candidate was not nominated.
13. In the case of an election to the office of President—
(a) a candidate’s provincial or constituency chief election agents shall not be
permitted to enter any polling station, nor witness the verification of statements
of presiding officers or the counting of votes, outside the province or
constituency, as the case may be, for which they were appointed;
(b) not more than the prescribed number of the candidate’s election agents may be
present at the counting of votes.
14. A chief election agent, election agent or observer shall, generally, conduct himself or
herself in a manner conducive to the peaceful, dignified and orderly conduct of the
poll.
[Paragraph as amended by s. 83 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
SECOND SCHEDULE (Section 110)
DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[Schedule repealed by s. 39 of Act No. 3 of 2012]
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