Local Government: Municipal Electoral Amendment Act 1 of 2016 (English / Tshivenda)

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1 of 2016

The Local Government: Municipal Electoral Amendment Act 1 of 2016 intends:

  • to amend the Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000, so as:
    • to define an expression and to amend a definition;
    • to amend provisions relating to the nomination of candidates;
    • to provide for different modalities for payments of electoral deposits;
    • to provide for the electronic submission of candidate nomination documents;
    • to provide for the notification of interested parties where a candidate has been nominated by more than one person;
    • to clarify the circumstances in which new ballot papers may be issued to voters; 
    • to clarify the provisions relating to the determination and declaration of the results of by-elections; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

3 June 2016 (Government Gazette 40050, 3 June 2016)

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