Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act

If a provincial legislature is dissolved or its term expires, the provincial Premier must call an election and set election dates, and the election must be held within 90 days.

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Constitution
Citation: Act 3 of 1999
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 19 Mar 1999
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If a provincial legislature is dissolved or its term expires, the provincial Premier must call an election and set election dates, and the election must be held within 90 days. If the competing surpluses in item 2 are equal, the undistributed delegates must be allocated to the party or parties with that same surplus in vote order, starting with the party that got the most votes in the last provincial legislature election. Section 3 identifies the provision as part of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1999.

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Section 108 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereinafter
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AI-assisted research summary: If a provincial legislature is dissolved or its term expires, the provincial Premier must call an election and set election dates, and the election must be held within 90 days.

1. Section 108 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “(2) If a provincial legislature is dissolved in terms of section 109, or when its term expires, the Premier of the province, by proclamation, must call and set dates for an election, which must be held within 90 days of the date the legislature was dissolved or its term expired. A proclamation calling and setting dates for an election may be issued before or after the expiry of the term of a provincial legislature.”. Amendment of Part B of Schedule 3 to Act 108 of 1996
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Part B of Schedule 3 to the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the
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AI-assisted research summary: If the competing surpluses in item 2 are equal, the undistributed delegates must be allocated to the party or parties with that same surplus in vote order, starting with the party that got the most votes in the last provincial legislature election.

2. Part B of Schedule 3 to the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following item: “3. [f the competing surpluses envisaged in item 2 are equal, the undistributed delegates in the delegation must be allocated to the party or parties with the same surplus in sequence of votes recorded, starting with the party which recorded the highest number of votes durinq the last election for the provincial legislature concerned.”. 5 10 15 20 Short title
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This is the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act. 1999.
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AI-assisted research summary: Section 3 identifies the provision as part of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1999.

3. This is the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act. 1999.

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