Page:Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1993 from Government Gazette.djvu/20

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Requisite majorities

63. Save where otherwise required in this Constitution, all questions before the National Assembly or the Senate or before the National Assembly and the Senate in a joint sitting, shall be determined by a majority of votes cast.

Assent to Bills

64. (1) A Bill duly passed by Parliament in accordance with this Constitution shall be assented to by the President subject to section 82  (1)(b).

(2) A Bill referred to in subsection (1) to which the President has assented and a copy of which he or she has signed, shall upon its promulgation be an Act of Parliament.

Signature and enrolment of Acts

65. (1) An Act of Parliament referred to in section 64  (2) shall be enrolled of record in the office of the Registrar of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in such official South African languages as may be required in terms of  section 3 , and copies of the Act so enrolled shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of the Act.

(2) In the case of a conflict between copies of an Act enrolled in terms of subsection (1), the copy signed by the President shall prevail.

(3) The public shall have the right of access to copies of an Act so enrolled, subject to such laws as may be passed by Parliament to protect the safety and durability of the said copies and with due regard to the convenience of the Registrar’s staff.

Rights and duties of President, Executive Deputy Presidents, Ministers and Deputy Ministers in Houses

66. The President, an Executive Deputy President, a Minister and a Deputy Minister shall be entitled to sit and to speak in any House and at a joint sitting of the Houses, but may not vote in the House of which he or she is not a member.

Public access to Parliament

67. Sittings of the National Assembly or the Senate and joint sittings of the National Assembly and the Senate shall be held in public, and the public, including the media, shall have access to such sittings: Provided that reasonable measures may be taken to regulate such access and to provide for the search and, where appropriate, the refusal of entry or the removal of any person.

CHAPTER 5

The Adoption of the new Constitution

Constitution-making Body

68. (1) The National Assembly and the Senate, sitting jointly for the purposes of this Chapter, shall be the Constitutional Assembly.

(2) The Constitutional Assembly shall draft and adopt a new constitutional text, in accordance with this Chapter.

(3) (a) The first sitting of the Constitutional Assembly shall be convened by the President of the Senate not later than seven days as from the first sitting of the Senate under this Constitution.

(b) Any subsequent sittings of the Constitutional Assembly shall be convened by the Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly after consultation with the Speaker and the President of the Senate.