Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993/2003-03-20

as amended by

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, No. 2 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, No. 3 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Act, No. 13 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Fourth Amendment Act, No. 14 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Fifth Amendment Act, No. 29 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Sixth Amendment Act, No. 24 of 1994 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, No. 20 of 1995 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, No. 44 of 1995 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, No. 7 of 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Act, No. 26 of 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 Financial and Fiscal Commission 1993 Constitutional Provisions Repeal Act, No. 96 of 1997 Repeal of Volkstaat Council Provisions Act, No. 30 of 2001 Termination of Integration Intake Act, No. 44 of 2001 Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003

(1) In the event of a vacancy in a legislature to which this Schedule applies, the party which the vacating member represented shall fill the vacancy by nominating a person—

whose name appears on the list of candidates—

from which that party’s members were originally nominated; or where applicable, submitted by a party in terms of item 5(2) of Schedule 6A to the new Constitution; and

who is the next qualified and available person on the list.

(2) A nomination to fill a vacancy shall be submitted to the Speaker in writing.

(3) If a party represented in a legislature dissolves or ceases to exist and the members in question vacate their seats in consequence of section 47(3)(c) or 106(3)(c) of the new Constitution, the seats in question shall be allocated to the remaining parties mutatis mutandis as if such seats were forfeited seats in terms of item 7 or 14, as the case may be.



Despite sections 47(3)(c) and 106(3)(c) of the new Constitution any existing political party may at any time change its name.

