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🇿🇦 South AfricaConstitution

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

Composition and election

Jurisdiction
South Africa
Provision
46
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

Provision text

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(1) The National Assembly consists of no fewer than 350 and no more than 400 women and men elected as members in terms of an electoral system that— (a) is prescribed by national legislation; (b) is based on the national common voters roll; (c) provides for a minimum voting age of 18 years; and (d) results, in general, in proportional representation. (2) An Act of Parliament must provide a formula for determining the number of members of the National Assembly. [Sub-s. (1) amended by s. 1 of the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003 and by s. 1 of the Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act of 2008.]

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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 · justice.gov.za · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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