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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Local Government: Municipal
Electoral Amendment Act, No. 14 of 2010 (VerB)
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Tsonga, except iro notice of date of assent in English**
(NOTE: Published in two versions - This version is the second published version, which we refer to as Act 2010_014B_20101201, which was published after the first version, on or around 2011/02/25, but in a Gazette backdated to 2010/12/01 with a back-numbered Volume number of 546 instead of 548. See Act 2010_014A_000_20101201_34009_0546_1147 for the first version)
Long title
To amend the Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000, so as to supplement provisions relating to the election timetable and insert a related Schedule to the Act; to amend provisions relating to nomination of candidates; to provide for central payments of deposits by a party which contests election in more than one municipality; to empower presiding officers to alter boundaries of voting stations, if necessary; to revise provisions relating to number of party agents at a voting station; to clarify the rights and responsibilities relating to assistance to certain voters; to provide for special votes and the procedure related thereto; to enhance the powers and functions of the Electoral Commission and the Electoral Court in relation to the determination and declaration of the result of an election; to provide for further regulation of objections material to the result of an election; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Tsonga, except iro notice of date of assent in English**
(NOTE: Published in two versions - This version is the second published version, which we refer to as Act 2010_014B_20101201, which was published after the first version, on or around 2011/02/25, but in a Gazette backdated to 2010/12/01 with a back-numbered Volume number of 546 instead of 548. See Act 2010_014A_000_20101201_34009_0546_1147 for the first version)
Long title
To amend the Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000, so as to supplement provisions relating to the election timetable and insert a related Schedule to the Act; to amend provisions relating to nomination of candidates; to provide for central payments of deposits by a party which contests election in more than one municipality; to empower presiding officers to alter boundaries of voting stations, if necessary; to revise provisions relating to number of party agents at a voting station; to clarify the rights and responsibilities relating to assistance to certain voters; to provide for special votes and the procedure related thereto; to enhance the powers and functions of the Electoral Commission and the Electoral Court in relation to the determination and declaration of the result of an election; to provide for further regulation of objections material to the result of an election; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 11 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 14 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 3. | Insertion of section 14A in Act 27 of 2000 |
| 4. | Amendment
of section 17 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 5. | Amendment of section 21 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 39 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 48 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 8. | Substitution
of section 55 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 9. | Substitution
of section 64 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 10. | Substitution
of section 65 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 11. | Insertion
of Schedule 3 in Act 27 of 2000 |
| 12. | Short title and commencement |
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