NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 1563
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 21 June 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 22 of 2013
Mr M R Sayedali Shah (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(a) What activities are permitted to take place at constituency offices
according to the Electoral Commission (EC) regulations and (b) what are the
consequences for activities that do not meet these criteria?
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REPLY:
The question was referred to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and
it responded as follows:
(a) & (b) The legal framework does not entrust the responsibility for the
management of the regulatory framework in respect of constituency
offices within the remit of the IEC. Legislation that directs the
activities of the IEC does not extend to constituency offices.