LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTIONS

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• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa

(Act 108 of 1996)


• Electoral Act 73 of 1998, including Regulations:
• Election Regulations, 2004
• Regulations Concerning the Submission of Candidate Lists, 2004
• Regulations Concerning the Registration of Voters, 1998
• Regulations on the Accreditation of Observers, 1999


• Electoral Commission Act 51 of 1996, including Regulations
• Regulations on Party Liaison Committees, 1998
• Regulations for the Registration of Political Parties, 2004
• Regulations Relating to the Activities Permissible Outside Voting Stations on Voting Day


• Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998)



• Local Government: Municipal Demarcation Act, 1998 (Act No. 27 of 1998)



• Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000)
• Municipal Electoral Regulations (R.848 dated 23 August 2005)


• Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, 1997 (Act No. 103 of 1997)
• Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Regulations (R.117 dated 20 November 1998)


• Crossing the floor for municipal councils
• Schedule 6B of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act No. 108 of 1996)
  
• Local Government: Structures Amendment Act, 2002 (Act No. 20 of 2002)