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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Local Government: Municipal
Electoral Amendment Act, No. 14 of 2010 (VerA)
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 first published, that we refer to as Act 2010_014A_20101201. See Act 2010_014B_000_20101201_34009_0546_1147 for second version, which was published on or around 2011/02/25, which is in a Gazette with a backdated publication date of 2010/12/01 and a backdated Volume number, the default Volume 548 number for tht publication date range back-numbered to Volume 546)
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 first published, that we refer to as Act 2010_014A_20101201. See Act 2010_014B_000_20101201_34009_0546_1147 for second version, which was published on or around 2011/02/25, which is in a Gazette with a backdated publication date of 2010/12/01 and a backdated Volume number, the default Volume 548 number for tht publication date range back-numbered to Volume 546)
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.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 11 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 14 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 17 of Act 27 of 2000 |
| 4. | Insertion
of section 17A in 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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unamended Act 2010_014A_000_20101201_33827_0564_1147 [LB} (published as Act
2010_014_000 which we have referred to as Act 2010_014A_000 following the publication of different text for the Act, which we refer to as Act 2010_014B_000) [NOTE: Act 2010_014_000 was published in 2 different versions around 3 months apart, the first we refer to as Act 2010_014A_000_20101201_33827_0546_1147 and the second we refer to as Act 2010_014B_000_20101201_34009_0546_1147 (which was actually published on or around 2011/02/25 but backdated to 2010/12/01 and back-numbered to Volume 546 instead of 548), which purported to withdraw and replace Act 2010_014A_000 by way of a notice on the front cover of the Gazette it was published in stating: "[Rectification of Government Gazette No. 33827, Government Notice No. 1147 published on 1 December 2010 is hereby withdrawn and superseded with the following Gazette No. 34009]" and which contains a different version of Act 2010_014_000, to which official websites misdirect the public looking for Gazette 33827- See Commentary] |
EXT.LINK** [LB full copy on request] NOTE**: www.gov.za erroneously links to GG34009 instead of to GG33827 NOTE ALSO: Alternative source of GG33827 is at OG) |
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| As substituted by Act 2010_014B_000_20101201_33827_0564_1147 by way of Note on front cover of Gazette GG20101201_34009_0546_0000 which contained a different version of the Act, which we refer to as Act 2010_014B_000_20101201 - See also Commentary] | EXT.LINK NOTE: www.gov.za erroneously links to GG34009 instead of to GG33827 NOTE ALSO: Alternative source of GG33827 is at OG) | REQ.INFO | LINK |
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