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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)