ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008)
(4) A constituency registrar shall not remove the name of a voter in terms of subsection
(1) or (2) unless he or she has published his or her intention to do so in a newspaper
circulating in the area of the voter's last-known address and sent to the voter’s last known
address a written notice of objection addressed to the voter, to which a form of notice of
appeal has been annexed.
(5) The proviso to subsection (l) of, and subsections (2) to (7) of, section twenty-seven
and sections twenty-nine and thirty shall apply, with any changes that may be necessary, in
relation to the exercise by a constituency registrar of his or her powers in terms of subsection
(1) or (2) as though the constituency registrar were taking an objection in terms of subsection
(1) of section twenty-seven.
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Registration of voter no longer disqualified
A person whose name has been removed from a voters roll terms of section thirty-three
on the grounds of disqualification may, when no longer disqualified, claim to be registered as
a voter.
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Additional powers to alter voters rolls
(1) In addition to other powers of alteration conferred by this Part, a voters roll may be
altered—
(a) by the Registrar-General of Voters at any time to correct any error or omission or to
change (whether on the oral or written application of a voter or not) the original
name or address of the voter to an altered name or address;
(b) by the constituency registrar at any time by correcting any obvious mistake or
omission, or by changing, on the written application of a voter, the original name or
address of the voter to an altered name or address.
(2) In the case of an alteration in terms of subsection (1) made otherwise than on the oral
or written application of a voter, a notice of the alteration shall be published in the Gazette by
the Registrar-General of Voters or constituency registrar, as the case may be.
(3) Any voter aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar-General of Voters or
constituency registrar made under this section may lodge a complaint with the Commission in
terms of section one hundred and ninety.
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How alterations to be made
All alterations made in terms of this Part shall be made in such a manner that the original
entry on a voters roll or a copy of a voters roll shall not be obliterated and the reason for the
alteration and the date thereof shall be set against the alteration, together with the initials of
the person making the alteration.
PART VIII
OFFENCES IN RELATION TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
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Offences in relation to registration of voters
(1) Any person who—
(a) receives a claim form and without just cause fails or neglects to do anything in
connection with such claim form which he or she is required by this Act to do; or
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