ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ A. the Senate, conform to the requirements of section 120(2)(b) of the Constitution, that is, male and female party-list candidates must be listed alternately, the list being headed by a female candidate; and B. the National Assembly, consist of women only in conformity with section 124(1)(b) of the Constitution; and C. the provincial council, conform to the requirements of section 268(3) of the Constitution, that is, male and female party-list candidates must be listed alternately, the list being headed by a female candidate; and (g) be accompanied by three recent passport-sized photographs of each of the party-list candidates, each of which must be affixed opposite the name of party-list candidate to which it relates in the space provided in the prescribed form, or be marked on the back of the photograph with the name or initials of the party-list candidate; and (h) contain the contact particulars of each party-list candidate; and (i) contain a sworn declaration signed by the office-bearer that he or she has checked all the particulars furnished in the nomination form in relation to every one of the partylist candidates and that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the particulars are true: Provided that such a declaration does not relieve the nomination officer from ensuring that each nominee in a party-list nomination form is registered as a voter in the electoral province in question and is otherwise eligible to be nominated; and (j) contain such other particulars as may be prescribed; and (k) be accompanied by the prescribed nomination fee in respect of each party-list candidate, which fee shall form part of the funds of the Commission. (3) No nomination paper of party-list candidates shall be received by the nomination officer in terms of subsection (1) after four o’clock in the afternoon of nomination day: Provided that, if at that time, an office-bearer is present in the court and ready to submit a nomination paper, the nomination officer shall give him or her an opportunity to do so. (4) The nomination officer shall examine every nomination paper which has been lodged with him or her in terms of this section in order to ascertain whether it is in order. (5) Subject to subsections (4) and (6), the nomination officer in open court shall— (a) reject any nomination paper lodged with him or her in terms of this section— (i) if he or she considers that any symbol or abbreviation specified in it— A. is indecent or obscene; or B. so closely resembles the recognised symbol or abbreviation of any other political party contesting the election as to be likely to cause confusion; or (ii) if any symbol specified therein is a prohibited symbol; or (iii) the nomination fee has not been deposited; or (iv) if the nomination paper states that the party-list candidate concerned is to stand for or be sponsored by a political party and the nomination officer has reason to believe that that fact is not true; or (v) if, in his or her opinion, the nomination paper as a whole is for any other reason defective or not in order; or (b) delete from the nomination paper the name of any party-list candidate— (i) who is not eligible for election to the party-list seat for which he or she is a candidate; or 63