ELECTORAL ACT
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(ii) who, in accordance with the proviso to section 23(1), seeks registration in a
constituency in which he or she is not resident shall lodge a claim form with the
Commission.
[Subsection substituted by s. 10 of Act No. 6 of 2018]
(2) Where a claimant seeks registration in a constituency in which he or she is not resident,
he or she shall provide the Commission with an address in that constituency where he or she
shall be deemed to be resident for the purposes of any delimitation of constituencies in terms of
the Constitution.
[Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(3) If the voter registration officer is satisfied that a claimant who seeks registration in a
constituency in which he or she is resident is entitled to be registered as a voter on the voters
roll for that constituency, the voter registration officer shall, pursuant to the claim form and
subject to this Part, enter the claimant’s name and the particulars relating to him or her on that
voters roll.
[Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(4) If, on receipt of a claim form in which the claimant seeks registration in a constituency
in which he or she is not resident, the Commission is satisfied that it is appropriate for the
claimant to be registered in that constituency, the Commission shall direct the appropriate voter
registration officer to enter the claimant’s name and particulars relating to him or her on the
voters roll for his or her constituency.
[Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(5) If a constituency registrar considers that a claimant should be registered on the voters
roll for some other constituency, the constituency registrar shall forward the claim to the
constituency registrar for that other constituency and shall advise the claimant accordingly.
(6) The Commission, any voter registration officer or any officer of the Commission may
demand from any claimant proof of identity or proof of residence in that constituency or both of
the foregoing.
[Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(7) Any applicant aggrieved by any decision of the Commission or voter registration officer
made under this section may lodge a complaint with the Commission in terms of section one
hundred and ninety.
[Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
25 Claims for transfer of registration
(1) A voter whose name is registered on the voters roll for a constituency and who—
(a) has become resident in another constituency; or
(b) wishes, for the reason referred to in proviso (ii) to section 24(1), to be registered in
another constituency in which he or she is not resident;
may complete the appropriate prescribed claim form and submit it to a voter registration officer
at any registration office, and shall together with such form submit the voters registration
certificate, if any, issued to him or her:
Provided that ⎯
(i) an applicant may request the assistance of a voter registration officer at the registration
office to complete the appropriate prescribed form, and the officer shall comply with
that request;
(ii) where an applicant seeks transfer of registration because he or she is or intends to be a
candidate for election as a member of Parliament in a constituency in which he or she
is not resident, the applicant shall send the appropriate prescribed form to the
Commission for its approval
[Subsection substituted by s. 11 of Act No. 6 of 2018]
(2) Where an applicant seeks transfer to a constituency in which he or she is not resident,
the applicant shall provide the Commission with an address in that constituency where he or she
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