Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002
Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002
Parliament of South Africa
	Long title Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to enable a member of a Municipal Council to become a member of another party whilst retaining membership of that Council; to enable an existing party to merge with another party, or to subdivide into more than one party, or to subdivide and any one of the subdivisions to merge with another 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. ;
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Enacted	11 June 2002
Assented to	19 June 2002
Commenced	20 June 2002
Legislative history
Bill title	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Bill
Bill citation	B16B—2002
Introduced by	Penuel Maduna, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Introduced	19 April 2002
Amends
	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Amended by
	Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005 (amended short title)
Repealed by
	Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008 (effectively)

The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa allowed members of municipal councils to cross the floor from one political party to another without losing their seats. It came into force on 20 June 2002, and was effectively repealed on 17 April 2009 by the Fifteenth Amendment.

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