Page:Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008 from Government Gazette.djvu/2

2 No. 31792

'''GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE

(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 6 January 2009.)

To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to—

effect certain consequential amendments necessitated by the provisions of the Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008; provide for the filling of vacancies in a Municipal Council; and abolish the right—

of a member of a Municipal Council to become a member of another political party whilst retaining membership of that Council; and of an existing political party to merge with another political party, or to subdivide into more than one political party, or to subdivide and to permit any of the subdivisions to merge with another political party, whilst allowing a member of a Council affected by such changes to retain membership of that Council;

and to provide for matters connected therewith.

arliament 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—

ceases to be eligible;