Chapter 6: Provinces
Provincial Legislatures
Legislative authority of provinces
104.
(1) The legislative authority of a province is vested in its provincial legislature, and
confers on the provincial legislature the power—
(a) to pass a constitution for its province or to amend any constitution passed by it
in terms of sections 142 and 143;
(b) to pass legislation for its province with regard to—
(i) any matter within a functional area listed in Schedule 4;
(ii) any matter within a functional area listed in Schedule 5;
(iii) any matter outside those functional areas, and that is expressly assigned
to the province by national legislation; and
(iv) any matter for which a provision of the Constitution envisages the
enactment of provincial legislation; and
(c) to assign any of its legislative powers to a Municipal Council in that province.
(2) The legislature of a province, by a resolution adopted with a supporting vote of at
least two thirds of its members, may request Parliament to change the name of that
province.
(3) A provincial legislature is bound only by the Constitution and, if it has passed a
constitution for its province, also by that constitution, and must act in accordance
with, and within the limits of, the Constitution and that provincial constitution.
(4) Provincial legislation with regard to a matter that is reasonably necessary for, or
incidental to, the effective exercise of a power concerning any matter listed in
Schedule 4, is for all purposes legislation with regard to a matter listed in Schedule
4.
(5) A provincial legislature may recommend to the National Assembly legislation
concerning any matter outside the authority of that legislature, or in respect of
which an Act of Parliament prevails over a provincial law.
Composition and election of provincial legislatures
105.
(1) A a provincial legislature consists of women and men elected as members in terms
of an electoral system that—
(a) is prescribed by national legislation;
(b) is based on that province’s segment of the national common voters roll;
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