Section 36A: Validity of previous elections

36A. Validity of previous elections Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution relating to the election of members of the Assembly or to their tenure of office as members of the Assembly, where, in relation to any general election held between 1 January 1967 and 30 September 1991, any person has committed an offence against an electoral law by reason of any act or omission in relation to the printing, publishing or posting of any bill, placard or poster, that act or omission shall not be held to— (a) have affected or to affect the validity of the election of that person to the Assembly or of anything done by the Assembly or that member; CON – 35 [Issue 1] The Constitution (b) have disqualified or to disqualify that person from membership of the Assembly. [S. 36A inserted by Act 16 of 1992.]