Citation of Constitutional Laws Act

This section says the listed laws are amended, and laws amending the Constitution must not be given Act numbers and must use chronological short titles.

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Constitution
Citation: Act 5 of 2005
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 23 Jun 2005
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This section says the listed laws are amended, and laws amending the Constitution must not be given Act numbers and must use chronological short titles. This section states the Act’s short title: Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005. This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be treated as taking effect on 4 February 1997. This section states the Act’s short title. This section states the Act’s short title.

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The laws specified in the second column of the Schedule are hereby amended to the
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AI-assisted research summary: This section says the listed laws are amended, and laws amending the Constitution must not be given Act numbers and must use chronological short titles.

2. The laws specified in the second column of the Schedule are hereby amended to the extent set out in the third column thereof. 4 No. 21722 Act No. 5,2005 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27 JUNE 2005 CITATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS ACT. 2005 Short titles of laws amending the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 3. (1) From the date of commencement of this Act, no Act number is to be associated with or allocated to any law amending the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. (2) The short titles of laws amending the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, passed by Parliament after the commencement of this Act must reflect their chronological order, in line with the short titles indicated in the third column of the Schedule; the first such law passed after this Act takes effect starting with the number following the last number indicated in the third column of the Schedule. 5 10 Short title
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This Act is called the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section states the Act’s short title: Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005.

4. This Act is called the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005. 6 No.27722 Act No. 5,2005 GOVERNMENT GAZE’ITE, 27 JUNE 2005 CITATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS ACT, 2005 SCHEDULE No. and year of law Short title ~ ~ ~~ Act No. 35 of 1997 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1997 Act No. 65 of 1998 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1998 Act No. 87 of 1998 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amend- ment Act, 1998 Act No. 3 of 1999 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1999 ~ Extent of amendment The following section is substituted fo. section 4: “Short title and commencement
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This Act is called the Constitutior
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the Act’s short title and says it must be treated as taking effect on 4 February 1997.

4. This Act is called the Constitutior [of the Republic of South Africa] First Amendment Act of 1997, and - must be regarded as having taken ef- fect on 4 February 1997.”. 5 10 15 The following section is substituted foi section 6: 20 “Short title
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This Act is called the Constitution
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6. This Act is called the Constitution [of the Republic of South Africa] Second Amendment Act of 1998.”. 25 The following section is substituted for section 3: 30 “Short title
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This Act is called the Constitution
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AI-assisted research summary: This section states the Act’s short title.

3. This Act is called the Constitution [of the Republic of South Africa Sec- ond] Third Amendment Act of 1998.”. The following section is substituted for section 3: “Short title
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This A S is
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3. This A S is the Constitution [of the Republic of South Africa] Fourth Amendment Act of 1999.”. 35 40 f5 Act No. 2 of 1999 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amend- ment Act, 1999 The following section is substituted for section 3: 50 -2 Act No. 34 of 2001 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 2001 “Short title
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This Act is
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision states the Act’s title and says a later section is substituted.

3. This Act is the Constitution [of the Republic of South Africa Sec- ond] Fjfth Amendment Act of 1999.”. The following section is substituted for section 2 1 : “Short title [and commencement]
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This Act is called the Constitu-
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21. This Act is called the Constitu- tion [of the Republic of South Africa] W A m e n d m e n t Act of 2001.”. i5 io i5

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