2. Certification by Election Commission

Registration of Persons Act, No. 32 of 1968 in order to ensure that all persons entitled to vote are not precluded from obtaining identity cards and exercising their franchise, and certify such fact and publish such certification in the Gazette :

Provided however, the Election Commission shall prior to such certification, give due consideration to the views of the representatives of the political parties represented in

Parliament in respect of the administrative arrangements that have been made for the issue of identity cards.

Commissioner for the Registration of Persons, appointed 2—H 022829—5,650 (08/2004)

under section 3 of the Registration of Persons Act, No. 32 of 1968, to confirm to the Commission by the issue of a

Certificate, the fact that the administrative arrangements envisaged in terms of this section have been made. The

Certificate of the Commissioner for the Registration of

Persons shall be based on reports received by him in relation to all electoral districts stating that the administrative arrangements envisaged in terms of this section have been made.