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Interim Constitution (Old)
Preamble
Chapter 1 Constituent and Formal Provisions
Section 1 Republic of South Africa
Section 2 National symbols
Section 3 Languages
Section 4 Supremacy of the Constitution
Chapter 2 Citizenship and Franchise
Section 5 Citizenship
Section 6 The franchise
Chapter 3 Fundamental Rights
Section 7 Application
Section 8 Equality
Section 9 Life
Section 10 Human dignity
Section 11 Freedom and security of the person
Section 12 Servitude and forced labor
Section 13 Privacy
Section 14 Religion, belief, and opinion
Section 15 Freedom of expression
Section 16 Assembly, demonstration and petition
Section 17 Freedom of association
Section 18 Freedom of movement
Section 19 Residence
Section 20 Citizens' rights
Section 21 Political rights
Section 22 Access to court
Section 23 Access to information
Section 24 Administrative justice
Section 25 Detained, arrested and accused persons
Section 26 Economic activity
Section 27 Labor relations
Section 28 Property
Section 29 Environment
Section 30 Children
Section 31 Language and culture
Section 32 Education
Section 33 Limitation
Section 34 State of emergency and suspension
Section 35 Interpretation
Chapter 4 Parliament
Section 36 Constitution of Parliament
Section 37 Legislative authority of Republic
Section 38 Duration of Parliament
Section 39 Elections
Section 40 Composition of National Assembly
Section 41 Speaker and Deputy Speaker of National Assembly
Section 42 Qualification for membership of National Assembly
Section 43 Vacation of seats
Section 44 Filling of vacancies
Section 45 Oath or affirmation by members of National Assembly
Section 46 Sittings of National Assembly
Section 47 Quorum
Section 48 Composition of Senate
Section 49 President and Deputy President of Senate
Section 50 Qualification for membership of Senate
Section 51 Vacation of seats by senators and filling of vacancies
Section 52 Oath or affirmation by senators
Section 53 Sittings of Senate
Section 54 Quorum
Section 55 Powers, privileges and immunities of Parliament and benefits of members
Section 56 Penalty for sitting or voting when disqualified by law
Section 57 Joint sittings of Houses
Section 58 Rules and orders
Section 59 Ordinary Bills
Section 60 Money Bills
Section 61 Bills affecting certain provincial matters
Section 62 Bills amending Constitution
Section 63 Requisite majorities
Section 64 Assent to Bills
Section 65 Signature and enrolment of Acts
Section 66 Rights and duties of the President
Section 67 Public access to Parliament
Chapter 5 Adoption of the New Constitution
Section 68 Constitution-making Body
Section 69 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
Section 70 Rules and orders
Section 71 Constitutional Principles and certification
Section 72 Appointment of commissions, committees, and bodies
Section 73 Adoption of new constitutional text
Section 74 Amendments relating to this Chapter and Schedule 4
Chapter 6 The National Executive
Section 75 Executive authority of the Republic
Section 76 Head of State
Section 77 Election of President
Section 78 Oath or affirmation
Section 79 Remuneration of President
Section 80 Tenure of office of President
Section 81 Responsibilities of President
Section 82 Powers and functions of President
Section 83 Confirmation of executive acts of President
Section 84 Executive Deputy Presidents
Section 85 Tenure of office of Executive Deputy Presidents and filling of vacancies
Section 86 Acting President
Section 87 Removal from office of President or Executive Deputy President
Section 88 Cabinet
Section 89 Cabinet procedure
Section 90 Temporary assignment of Minister's powers
Section 91 Transfer of Minister's powers and functions toanother Minister
Section 92 Accountability of Ministers and Cabinet
Section 93 Votes of no confidence
Section 94 Appointment of Deputy Ministers
Section 95 Cabinet in event of non-participation by parties
Chapter 7 Judicial Authority and Administration of Justice
Section 96 Judicial authority
Section 97 Appointment of Chief Justice and President of Constitutional Court
Section 98 Constitutional Court and its jurisdiction
Section 99 Composition of Constitutional Court and appointment of judges of Constitutional Court
Section 100 Engaging the Constitutional Court
Section 101 Supreme Court
Section 102 Procedural matters
Section 103 Other courts
Section 104 Appointment, removal from office and remuneration of judges
Section 105 Judicial Service Commission
Section 106 Seats of Constitutional Court and Appellate Division
Section 107 Languages
Section 108 Attorneys-General
Section 109 Magistrates Commission
Chapter 8 Public Protector, Human Rights Commissions
Section 110 Establishment and appointment
Section 111 Independence and impartiality
Section 112 Powers and functions
Section 113 Staff and expenditure
Section 114 Provincial public protectors
Section 115 Establishment and appointments
Section 116 Powers and functions
Section 117 Staff and expenditure
Section 118 Reports The Commission shall report to the President at least once every year on its activities, and the President shall cause such report to be tabled promptly in the National Assembly and the Senate.
Section 119 Establishment
Section 120 Composition and functioning
Section 121 Claims
Section 122 Commission
Section 123 Court orders
Chapter 9 Provincial Government
Section 124 Establishment of provinces
Section 125 Provincial legislature
Section 126 Legislative competence of provinces
Section 127 Composition of provincial legislatures
Section 128 Duration and dissolution of provincial legislatures
Section 129 Elections
Section 130 Sittings of provincial legislature
Section 131 Speaker and Deputy Speaker of provincial legislature
Section 132 Qualification for membership of provincial legislatures
Section 133 Vacation of seats and filling of vacancies
Section 134 Oath or affirmation by members
Section 135 Powers, privileges and immunities of provincial legislatures and benefits of members
Section 136 Penalty for sitting or voting when disqualified
Section 137 Rules and orders
Section 138 Quorum
Section 139 Requisite majorities
Section 140 Assent to Bills
Section 141 Signature and enrolment of provincial laws
Section 142 Public access to provincial legislatures
Section 143 Administration of provincial legislatures
Section 144 Executive authority of provinces
Section 145 Election of Premiers
Section 146 Tenure of and removal from office of Premiers
Section 147 Responsibilities, powers and functions of Premiers
Section 148 Acting Premiers
Section 149 Executive Councils
Section 150 Executive Council procedure
Section 151 Temporary assignment of powers members
Section 152 Transfer of powers
Section 153 Accountability of members of Executive Councils
Section 154 Votes of no confidence
Section 155 Provinces' share of revenue collected nationally
Section 156 Levying of taxes by provinces
Section 157 Raising of loans by provinces
Section 158 Revenue allocations by national government
Section 159 Provincial Revenue Funds
Section 160 Adoption of provincial constitutions
Section 161 Development of provincial constitutional dispensation
Section 162 Election of new provincial governments
Section 163 Establishment of Commission on Provincial Government
Section 164 Object and functions of Commission
Section 165 Constitution of Commission
Section 166 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
Section 167 Vacation of office and filling of vacancies
Section 168 Meetings of Commission
Section 169 Committees
Section 170 Co-option of persons to committees
Section 171 Remuneration of members of Commission and other persons
Section 172 Appointment of staff
Section 173 Regulations
Chapter 10 Local Government
Section 174 Establishment and status of local government
Section 175 Powers and functions of local government
Section 176 Council resolutions
Section 177 Executive committees
Section 178 Administration and finance
Section 179 Elections
Section 180 Code of conduct
Chapter 11 Traditional Authorities
Section 181 Recognition of traditional authorities and indigenous law
Section 182 Traditional authorities and local government
Section 183 Provincial House of Traditional Leaders
Section 184 Council of Traditional Leaders
Chapter 12 Finance
Section 185 National Revenue Fund
Section 186 Annual budget
Section 187 Procurement administration
Section 188 Guarantees by national government
Section 189 Special pensions
Section 190 Income tax of elected representatives
Section 191 Establishment and appointment
Section 192 Independence and impartiality
Section 193 Powers and functions
Section 194 Staff and expenditure
Section 195 Central Bank
Section 196 Primary objectives
Section 197 Powers and functions
Section 198 Establishment
Section 199 Objects and functions
Section 200 Constitution, expertise and impartiality
Section 201 Meetings of Commission
Section 202 Committees
Section 203 Co-option of persons by committees
Section 204 Remuneration and allowances of members and other persons
Section 205 Appointment of staff
Section 206 Regulations
Section 207 Establishment
Section 208 Composition and functioning
Chapter 13 Public Service
Section 209 Establishment
Section 210 Powers and functions
Section 211 Composition
Section 212
Section 213
Chapter 14 Police and Defence
Section 214 Establishment
Section 215 Powers and functions
Section 216 Minister and National Commissioner
Section 217 Powers of provinces
Section 218 Responsibilities of National Commissioner
Section 219 Provincial Commissioners
Section 220 Co-ordination and co-operation
Section 221 Local policing
Section 222 Independent complaints mechanism
Section 223 Acts of members outside their territorial jurisdiction
Section 224 Establishment of National Defence Force
Section 225 Chief of National Defence Force
Section 226 Members of National Defence Force
Section 227 Functions of National Defence Force
Section 228 Accountability
Chapter 15 General and Transitional Provisions
Section 229 Continuation of existing laws
Section 230 Repeal of laws
Section 231 Continuation of international agreements and status of international law
Section 232 Interpretation
Section 233 Definitions
Section 234 Transitional arrangements: Legislative authorities
Section 235 Transitional arrangements: Executive authorities
Section 236 Transitional arrangements: Public administration
Section 237 Rationalization of public administration
Section 238 Transitional arrangements: Public service commissions
Section 239 Transitional arrangements: Assets and liabilities
Section 240 Transitional arrangements: State Revenue Fund
Section 241 Transitional arrangements: Judiciary
Section 242 Rationalization of court structures
Section 243 Transitional arrangements: Ombudsman
Section 244 Transitional arrangements: Auditor-General
Section 245 Transitional arrangements: Local government
Section 246 Transitional arrangements: Pensions of political office-bearers
Section 247 Special provisions regarding existing educational institutions
Section 248 National flag and anthem
Section 249 First election of National Assembly
Section 250 Non-certification of election by Independent Electoral Commission
Section 251 Short title and commencement
[Chapter 16] National Unity and Reconciliation
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