Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993/Versions

Various versions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 exist:

• as originally ratified by the Multiparty Negotiating Forum
• as came into force on 27 April 1994, amended by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1994 and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 1994
• as amended on 22 July 1994 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Act, 1994
• as amended on 19 September 1994 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Fourth Amendment Act, 1994
• as amended on 23 November 1994 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Fifth Amendment Act, 1994
• as amended on 25 November 1994 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Sixth Amendment Act, 1994
• as amended on 3 July 1995 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1995
• as amended on 20 September 1995 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 1995
• as amended on 29 March 1996 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1996
• as amended on 24 April 1996 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Act, 1996

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 repealed and replaced most of the 1993 constitution, but a few of its provisions did however remain in force:

• as repealed and amended on 4 February 1997 by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
• as amended on 1 January 1998 by the Financial and Fiscal Commission 1993 Constitutional Provisions Repeal Act, 1997 and on the commencement of the budgetary provisions of the 1996 constitution.
• as amended on 16 October 1998 when section 108 lapsed on the coming into force of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998
• as amended on 26 June 1999 when section 245(4) lapsed three years after the last of the 1996 municipal elections
• as amended on 23 November 2001 by the Repeal of Volkstaat Council Provisions Act, 2001
• as amended on 14 December 2001 by the Termination of Integration Intake Act, 2001
• as amended on 20 March 2003 by the Constitution Tenth Amendment Act of 2003