Page:Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008 from Government Gazette.djvu/3

---

Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008

(b)

is absent from the Assembly without permission in circumstances for which the rules and orders of the Assembly prescribe loss of membership; or

(c)

ceases to be a member of the party that nominated that person as a member of the Assembly[, unless that member has become a member of another party in accordance with Schedule 6A].”.

Amendment of section 157 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as amended by section 2 of the Constitution Third Amendment Act of 1998, section 1 of the Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002 and section 3 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005

3. Section 157 of 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, a] A Municipal Council consists of—”.

Amendment of section 158 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

4. Section 158 of the Constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:

“(3) Vacancies in a Municipal Council must be filled in terms of national legislation.”.

Repeal of Schedule 6B to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as inserted by section 2 of the Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002 and amended by section 5, and renumbered by section 6, of the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003

5. Schedule 6B to the Constitution is hereby repealed.

Short title and commencement

6. This Act is called the Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008, and comes into operation on a date set by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.