ratified by the Multiparty Negotiating Forum and adopted and amended by the Parliament of South Africa

“ If a party has submitted a national or a regional list containing fewer names than the number of its provisional allocation of seats which would have been filled from such list in terms of item 8 or 9 had such provisional allocation been the final allocation, it shall forfeit a number of seats equal to the deficit. ”

“ Parties registered in terms of the Electoral Act, 1993, and contesting an election of a provincial legislature, shall nominate candidates for election to such provincial legislature on provincial lists prepared in accordance with this Schedule and the Electoral Act, 1993. ”

“ Lists of candidates may, after the designation of representatives in terms of item 16 has been concluded, be supplemented by the addition of an equal number of names at the end of the applicable list, if—
(a)
a representative is elected as the President or to any other executive office as a result of which he or she resigns as a representative of a legislature; (b)
a representative is elected as a member of the Senate; (c)
a name is deleted from a list in terms of item 16 (2) ; or (d)
a vacancy has occurred and the appropriate list of candidates of the party concerned is depleted. ”

“ The provisions of this Schedule shall be subject to any regulations made or directions given by the Commission in terms of section 124 (7) in so far as affected areas within the meaning of that section are concerned. ”

“ If a party represented in a legislature dissolves or ceases to exist and the members in question vacate their seats in consequence of section 43 (b) or 133 (1) (b) , the seats in question shall be allocated to the remaining parties mutatis mutandis as if such seats were forfeited seats in terms of item 7 or 14, as the case may be.
Alteration of numbers and boundaries of provinces
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