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To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993, so as to replace the requirement that an executive committee shall be elected by a council of a local government, by a discretion to elect such a committee; to extend the period during which a certain commission shall carry out its mandate; and to further regulate the restructuring of local government; and to provide for matters in connection therewith.

(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 25 March 1996.)

E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—

Amendment of section 177 of Act 200 of 1993

1. Section 177 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for the words preceding the proviso of the following words: “A council of a local government [shall] may elect an executive committee according to a system of proportional representation as may be prescribed by law from among its members [an executive committee] to exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be determined by such council”.

Amendment of section 236 of Act 200 of 1993, as amended by section 1 of Act 20 of 1995

2. Section 236 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (6) of the following subsection: “(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the conclusion or amendment of a contract, the appointment or promotion, or the award of a term or condition of service or other benefit, which occurred between 27 April 1993 and 30 September 1994 in respect of any person employed at any time during the said period by an institution referred to in subsection (1), or any class of such persons, may, at the instance of [a Minister or a member of the Executive Council of a province, within one year and three months of the commencement of this Constitution] any interested party, before 31 December 1996 be referred to a commission appointed by the President and presided over by a judge, for review, and if not proper or justifiable in the