INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

No. 1519. 4 October 1995

NO. 56 OF 1995: INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT, 1995.

It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:-

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:

_____ Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

ACT

To amend the Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993, so as to provide for the filling of a vacancy in the membership of the Special Electoral Court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 28 September 1995.)

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 32 of Act 150 of 1993

1. Section 32 of the Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993, is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:

"(3) A vacancy which occurs in the Special Electoral Court shall be filled by a judge of the Supreme Court designated by the Chief Justice and appointed by the President.".

Short title

2. This Act shall be called the Independent Electoral Commission Amendment Act, 1995.