Requirement to issue reasoned decision in the last instance

Electoral Act 1998, 96If a court having jurisdiction by virtue of section 20 (4) (b)of the Electoral Commission Act finds that a person or registered party has contravened a provision of Part 1 of this Chapter it may in the interest of a free and fair election impose any appropriate penalty or sanction on that person or party, including?(a) a formal warning;(b) a fine not exceeding R200 000;(c) the forfeiture of any deposit paid by that person or party in terms of section 27 (2) (e);(d) an order prohibiting that person or party from?(i) using any public media;(ii) holding any public meeting, demonstration, march or other political event;(iii) entering any voting district for the purpose of canvassing voters or for any other election purpose;(iv) erecting or publishing billboards, placards or posters at or in any place;(v) publishing or distributing any campaign literature;(vi) electoral advertising; or(vii) receiving any funds from the State or from any foreign sources;(e) an order imposing limits on the right of that person or party to perform any of the activities mentioned in paragraph (d);(f) an order excluding that person or any agents of that person or any candidates or agents of that party from entering a voting station;(g) an order reducing the number of votes cast in favour of that person or party;(h) an order disqualifying the candidature of that person or of any candidate of that party; or an order cancelling the registration of that party.(3) Any penalty or sanction provided for in this section will be in addition to any penalty provided for in Part 3 of this Chapter.http://www.elections.org.za/content/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=989