Long title

To amend the Electoral Act, 1998, so as to delete a definition and insert certain definitions consequential to the expansion of this Act to include independent candidates as contesters to elections in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures; to provide that registered parties must submit a declaration confirming that all its candidates are registered to vote in the province where an election will take place; to provide that the submission of lists of candidates of a registered party not represented in the National Assembly or any provincial legislature, must be accompanied by a prescribed form with certain specified details; to provide for the nomination of independent candidates to contest elections in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures; to provide for the requirements which must be met by persons who wish to be nominated as independent candidates; to provide for the inspection of copies of lists of independent candidates and accompanying documents; to provide for objections to independent candidates; to provide for the inclusion of a list of independent candidates entitled to contest elections; to provide for the appointment of agents by independent candidates; to provide that independent candidates are bound by the Electoral Code of Conduct; to provide for the return of a deposit to independent candidates in certain circumstances; to amend Schedule 1; to substitute Schedule 1A; to provide for the Minister to establish the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION	TITLE
1.	Amendment of section 1 of Act 73 of 1998...
2.	Amendment of section 20 of Act 73 of 1998...
3.	Amendment of section 27 of Act 73 of 1998...
4.	Amendment of section 28 of Act 73 of 1998...
5.	Amendment of section 30 of Act 73 of 1998...
6.	Insertion of Part 3A in Chapter 3 in Act 73 of 1998
7.	Amendment of section 39 of Act 73 of 1998...
8.	Amendment of section 57A of Act 73 of
9.	Substitution of section 58 of Act 73 of 1998...
10.	Amendment of section 59 of Act 73 of 1998...
11.	Amendment of section 62 of Act 73 of 1998
12.	Amendment of section 64 of Act 73 of 1998...
13.	Amendment of section 66 of Act 73 of
14.	Substitution of section 94 of Act 73 of 1998
15.	Amendment of section 96 of Act 73 of 1998
16.	Amendment of section 99 of Act 73 of 1998...
17.	Amendment of section 100 of Act 73 of 1998
18.	Amendment of section 106 of Act 73 of 1998
19.	Amendment of section 110 of Act 73 of 1998
20.	Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act 73 of
21.	Substitution of Schedule 1A to Act 73 of 1998...
22.	Substitution of Schedule 2 to Act 73 of 1998
23.	Electoral Reform Consultation Panel
24.	Short title and commencement

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