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Article 103 of the Constitution of South Africa

Article
103
Chapter
CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES
Index row title
(1) The Republic has the following provinces:
Source document
The South Africa Constitution
Provision ID
451015fe-1fc3-4ad3-9e7f-6900cd6fdd19

205 words

Verbatim text

(a) Eastern Cape; (b) Free State; (c) Gauteng; (d) KwaZulu-Natal; (e) Limpopo; (f) Mpumalanga; (g) Northern Cape; (h) North West; (i) Western Cape. [Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 3 of the Constitution Eleventh Amendment Act of 2003 and substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005] (2) The geographical areas of the respective provinces comprise the sum of the indicated geographical areas reflected in the various maps referred to in the Notice listed in Schedule 1A. [Sub-s. (2) substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.] (3) (a) Whenever the geographical area of a province is re-determined by an amendment to the Constitution, an Act of Parliament may provide for measures to regulate, within a reasonable time, the legal, practical and any other consequences of the re-determination. (b) An Act of Parliament envisaged in paragraph (a) may be enacted and implemented before such amendment to the Constitution takes effect, but any provincial functions, assets, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities may only be transferred in terms of that Act after that amendment to the Constitution takes effect. [S.103 substituted by s. 1 of the Constitution Twelfth Amendment Act of 2005.]Chapter 6: Provinces 54Provincial Legislatures Legislative authority of provinces

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  • The index files this text under article 103 of the Constitution of South Africa.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES”.
  • The passage runs to about 205 words.

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