ratified by the Multiparty Negotiating Forum and adopted and amended by the Parliament of South Africa

“ No person shall be qualified to be appointed to the Commission unless he or she—
(a)
is a South African citizen; and (b)
is a person who, by reason of his or her training and experience, has expertise in economics, public finance, public administration, taxation, management or accountancy.
[Sub-s. (4) repealed by s. 242 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.] (5) Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled in accordance with the relevant provisions of this section under which the former member concerned was appointed. ”

“ No money shall be withdrawn from the National Revenue Fund, except under appropriation made by an Act of Parliament in accordance with this Constitution: Provided that revenue to which a province is entitled in terms of section 155 (2) (a) , (b) , (c) and (d) shall form a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund to be credited to the respective Provincial Revenue Funds.
[Sub-s. (2) amended by s. 12 of Act No. 13 of 1994.] Annual budget
186. ”

“ The lists of candidates submitted by a party, shall in total contain the names of not more than a number of candidates equal to the number of seats in the National Assembly, and each such list shall denote such names in such fixed order of preference as the party may determine. ”

“ Where the application of the above formula yields a surplus not absorbed by the number of members allocated to a party, such surplus shall compete with other similar surpluses accruing to another party or parties, and any member or members which remain unallocated shall be allocated to the party or parties concerned in sequence of the highest surplus. ”

“ If a party has submitted a national or a regional list containing fewer names than the number of its provisional allocation of seats which would have been filled from such list in terms of item 8 or 9 had such provisional allocation been the final allocation, it shall forfeit a number of seats equal to the deficit. ”

“ A member of the Commission shall not hold office in any political party or political organisation.
(10) It shall be an offence to influence or attempt to influence a member of the Commission to act otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of subsection (7) .
(11) The chairperson and deputy chairperson—
(a)
shall be the only full-time members of the Commission; (b)
shall be the chief executive officer and deputy chief executive officer, respectively, of the Commission. Meetings of Commission
201. ”

“ A party may review its undepleted lists as supplemented in terms of items 18, 19 and 20, within seven days after the expiry of the period referred to in item 19, and annually thereafter, until the date on which a party has to submit lists of candidates for an ensuing election, in the following manner:
(a)
all vacancies may be supplemented; (b)
no more than 25 per cent of candidates may be replaced; and (c)
the fixed order of lists may be changed.
Publication of supplemented and reviewed lists of candidates
22. ”

“ If a party represented in a legislature dissolves or ceases to exist and the members in question vacate their seats in consequence of item 23A (1) , the seats in question shall be allocated to the remaining parties mutatis mutandis as if such seats were forfeited seats in terms of item 7 or 14, as the case may be. ”

“ There shall be separate ballot papers for the election of members of the National Assembly and of members of the provincial legislatures.
[Item 15 substituted by s. 12 (b) of Act No. 2 of 1994.]
Designation of representatives
16. ”