Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/Versions

Various versions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 exist:

• as originally adopted by the Constitutional Assembly and as came into force on 4 February 1997.
• as amended retroactively to 4 February 1997 by the Constitution First Amendment Act of 1997.
• as amended on 7 October 1998 by the Constitution Second Amendment Act of 1998.
• as amended on 30 October 1998 by the Constitution Third Amendment Act of 1998.
• as amended on 19 March 1999 by the Constitution Fourth Amendment Act of 1999 and the Constitution Fifth Amendment Act of 1999.
• as amended on 21 November 2001 by the Constitution Sixth Amendment Act of 2001.
• as amended on 26 April 2002 by sections 1–3, 5–6, and 8–10 of the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001.
• as amended on 20 June 2002 by the Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002 and the Constitution Ninth Amendment Act of 2002.
• as amended on 20 March 2003 by the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003.
• as amended on 11 July 2003 by the Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003.
• as amended on 1 December 2003 by sections 4 and 7 of the Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001.
• as amended on 23 December 2005 by section 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.
• as amended on 1 March 2006 by the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.
• as amended on 3 April 2009 by the Constitution Sixteenth Amendment Act of 2009.
• as amended on 17 April 2009 by the Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008 and the Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008.
• as amended on 23 August 2013 by the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012.