South Africa — The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

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Published by Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Republic of South Africa — the department to which administration of the Act is assigned by Proclamation No. 26 of 26 April 2001, and which publishes the consolidated English text at justice.gov.za. This is a government consolidation, not the signed instrument: the text signed by the President is the English text gazetted on 18 December 1996 plus each amendment Act's own gazette, and for pinpoint accuracy on an amended provision the amendment Act is what to cite..
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development consolidation. The document's own citation page reads [Assented to 10 December 1996] [DATE OF PROMULGATION: 18 DECEMBER, 1996] [DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 4 FEBRUARY, 1997], “as amended by” Constitution First Amendment Act of 1997 … Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012 — 17 amendment Acts. THIS CONSOLIDATION STOPS AT THE SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT (2012); see known_gaps for section 6. justice.gov.za's index page adds, verbatim including its typo: “Latest amednment: Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012. Text as at Tuesday, 1 November, 2022”..

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