Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008
General explanatory note:
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Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. |
(English text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 6 January 2009.)
Act
To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to—
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa enacts as follows:—
Amendment of section 46 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as amended by section 1 of the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003
1. Section 46 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution), is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:
“[Subject to Schedule 6A, the] The National Assembly consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 women and men elected as members in terms of an electoral system that—”.
Amendment of section 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as amended by section 2 of the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003
2. Section 47 of the Constitution is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
“(3) A person loses membership of the National Assembly if that person—