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What (who) is Eighth Amendment - definition
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
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AMENDMENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION REGARDING FLOOR-CROSSING IN MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
Constitution Eighth Amendment Act of 2002; Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 2002
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa allowed members of municipal councils to cross the floor from one political party to another without losing their seats. It came into force on 20 June 2002, and was effectively repealed on 17 April 2009 by the Fifteenth Amendment.
Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
WHICH CHANGED PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT FROM A PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM TO A SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM
Eighth Amendment to the Pakistani Constitution; Eighth amendment to the constitution of pakistan
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں آٹھویں ترمیم) allowed the President to unilaterally dissolve the National Assembly and elected governments. The National Assembly of Pakistan amended the Constitution of Pakistan in 1985 and the law stayed on the books until its repeal in 1997.
Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2017
The Constitution (Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2017 was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan which aimed to restore military courts. The amendment would be an extension of the expired Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.
Examples of use of Eighth Amendment
1. Because this is so, the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel punishment.
2. Death sentences were being imposed so arbitrarily, ruled the judges, that they violated the Eighth Amendment.
3. I‘ve argued in favor of prisoners‘ rights under the Eighth Amendment.
4. Supreme Court ruling that said the death penalty for rape violated the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
5. "The court finds that the defendant‘s practice constitutes torture and violates the Eighth Amendment," Enslen wrote in his ruling.