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Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

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withholding of funds by the national treasury if organs of state commit a serious and material breach of legislation prescribing treasury norms and standards; to provide that the enactment of national framework legislation governing the policies of organs of state on preferential procurement should be obligatory; to provide for the enactment of national framework legislation in connection with the withdrawal of money as direct charges against a Provincial Revenue Fund and certain payments from a Provincial Revenue Fund to municipalities; to reduce the number of members of the Financial and Fiscal Commission and to change the appointment procedure; to make provision for provincial borrowing powers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to provide for the introduction, only by the Cabinet member responsible for national financial matters, of certain financial legislation in the National Assembly; to extend the definition of a money Bill; to regulate the
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from 22 members to nine members, by reducing the number of members chosen by the president from nine to two, and by replacing the nine members chosen by the nine provinces individually with three members chosen by the provinces
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of the amendment is "Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001". It was originally titled "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 2001" and numbered as Act No. 61 of 2001, but the
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made various changes involving the financial management of national and provincial government. Most of its provisions came into force on 26 April 2002, and the remainder on 1 December 2003.
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Providing that, along with money bills, bills determining the division of revenue between national, provincial and local government can only be introduced to Parliament by the
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Modifying the mechanisms whereby the national government can control the financial practises of the provincial governments.
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on 7 December, but it contained a clause specifying that it would only come into force on a date set by presidential
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on 1 November 2001 with the requisite two-thirds majority (274 votes in favour), and by the
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renamed it and abolished the practice of giving Act numbers to constitutional amendments.
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Amendment regarding financial management of various levels of South Africa's government
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being the lone dissenter. It was introduced to Parliament simultaneously with the
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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Bill
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The amendment made the following changes to the Constitution:
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Parliament of South Africa
Long title
Parliament of South Africa
FFC
Bill
Penuel Maduna
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005
Constitution of South Africa
money bill
Parliament
provincial legislatures
Minister of Finance
Financial and Fiscal Commission
National Assembly
National Council of Provinces
KwaZulu-Natal
Sixth Amendment
President
Thabo Mbeki
proclamation
short title
Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005
"Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Bill; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Bill; Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Bill (Second Reading debate)"
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
"Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Bill (Consideration of Bill and of Report thereon)"
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Proclamation No. R. 32 of 2002

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