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| short_title      = Constitution Fourth Amendment Act of 1999
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| long_title       = Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to enable a proclamation calling and setting dates for an election of a provincial legislature to be issued either before or after the expiry of the term of that legislature; and to provide for the allocation of undistributed delegates in a provincial delegation to the National Council of Provinces in a case where competing surpluses are equal; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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| enacted_by       = [[Parliament of South Africa]]
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| date_assented    = 17 March 1999
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| date_commenced   = 19 March 1999
| bill            = Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Third Amendment Bill
| bill_citation    = B123—1998
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| introduced_by    = [[Valli Moosa]], [[Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development]]
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| amended_by      = [[Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005]] (amended short title)
| amends          = [[Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996]]
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The '''Fourth Amendment''' of the [[Constitution of South Africa]] made two technical changes relating to the calling of provincial elections and the choice of delegates to the [[National Council of Provinces]]. It was enacted by the [[Parliament of South Africa]], signed by Acting [[President of South Africa|President]] [[Thabo Mbeki]] on 17 March 1999, and came into force two days later. It was signed and came into force simultaneously with the [[Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa|Fifth Amendment]]; the two amendments were separated because the Fourth involved provincial matters and had to be passed by the [[National Council of Provinces]] while the Fifth did not.
== Provisions ==
The Act made two technical modifications to the Constitution. The first was to clarify that, when the term of a [[provincial legislature (South Africa)|provincial legislature]] is due to expire, the [[Premier (South Africa)|Premier]] may issue the proclamation calling an election either before or after the term actually expires. The Fifth Amendment made the same change for elections to the [[National Assembly of South Africa|National Assembly]]. The second was to modify the formula for the allocation of delegates' seats in the National Council of Provinces to parties.
==Formal title==
The official [[short title]] of the amendment is "Constitution Fourth Amendment Act of 1999". It was originally titled "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 1999" and numbered as Act No. 3 of 1999, but the [[Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005]] renamed it and abolished the practice of giving Act numbers to constitutional amendments.
==External links==
{{wikisource|Constitution Fourth Amendment Act of 1999}}
* [https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/a3-990.pdf Official text] (PDF)
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[[Category:Amendments of the Constitution of South Africa]]
[[Category:1999 in South African law]]