Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
AMENDMENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION REGARDING FLOOR-CROSSING
Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008; The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa
The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa (formally the Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act of 2008) repealed some of the provisions inserted into the Constitution by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments which allowed for floor-crossing, that is, allowed members of legislative bodies to move from one political party to another without losing their seats. The remaining floor-crossing provisions were repealed by the Fifteenth Amendment, which was enacted at the same time.