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To amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993, so as to provide for the appointment of a person who is not a member of Parliament as a Minister in the Cabinet; and to provide for matters in connection therewith.

(English text signed by the State President.) (Assented to 16 September 1994.)

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

Substitution of section 66 of Act 200 of 1993

1. The following section is hereby substituted for section 66 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the Constitution): “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 or, if he or she is not a member of any of the Houses, in any House or at a joint sitting of the Houses .”.

Amendment of section 88 of Act 200 of 1993, as amended by section 2 of Act 13 of 1994

2. Section 88 of the Constitution is hereby amended—

by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) The Cabinet shall consist of the President, the Executive Deputy Presidents and—

not more than 27 Ministers who are members of Parliament and appointed in terms of subsections (2) to (6); and

not more than one Minister who is not a member of Parliament and appointed in terms of subsection (6A), provided the President, acting in consultation with the Executive Deputy Presidents and the leaders of the participating parties, deems the appointment of such a Minister expedient. ”;