Act 6 2025 - Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (Twelfth Amendment) Act 2025
AI-assisted research summary: This Act changes the Constitution so that, in an election year, a Seychelles citizen who will turn 18 that year is entitled to be registered as a voter unless otherwise disqualified.
[4th July 2025] Consti t ution of the Republic of Seychelles 214 (Twelfth Amendment) Act REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE ACT CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES (TWELFTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025 (Act 6 of 2025) ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES ARTICLES 1 Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Amendment of article 113 4. Amendment of article 114 [4th July 2025] Consti t ution of the Republic of Seychelles 215 (Twelfth Amendment) Act REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE ACT CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES (TWELFTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025 (Act 6 of 2025) I assent Wavel Ramkalawan President 4th July, 2025 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES (CAP.42). ENACTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Constitution of Republic of Seychelles (Twelfth Amendment) Act, 2025. [4th July 2025] Consti t ution of the Republic of Seychelles 216 (Twelfth Amendment) Act REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE ACT Interpretation 2. In this Act, “Constitution” means the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles as set out in the Schedule to the Constitution of the Republic (Third Republic) (Promulgation) Notice, 1993 (S.I.2 of 1992) made under the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (Preparation and Promulgation) Act, 1992. Amendment of article 113 3. Article 113 of the Constitution is amended by inserting after the words “ in an electoral area”, the words “and who has attained the age of eighteen years”. Amendment of article 114 4. Article 114 of the Constitution is amended by inserting the following proviso at the end in clause (1) — “Provided that, where an election is to be held in a particular year, a citizen of Seychelles who will attain the age of eighteen years in that year, is entitled to be registered as a voter unless that person is otherwise disqualified from registration as provided under this clause.”. I certify that this is a correct copy of the Bill which was passed by the National Assembly on 02nd July, 2025. Mrs. Tania Isaac Clerk to the National Assembly