Annexure A 14. 15. 16. name. (3) An Act of Parliament may, within a reasonable period after the new Constitution took effect, be passed in accordance with section 76(1) of the new Constitution to amend this item and item 23 to provide for the manner in which it will be possible for a member of a legislature who ceases to be a member of the party which nominated that member, to retain membership of such legislature. (4) An Act of Parliament referred to in subitem (3) may also provide for— (a) any existing party to merge with another party; or (b) any party to subdivide into more than one party.”. The deletion of item 24. The amendment of item 25— (a) by replacing the definition of “Commission” with the following definition: “‘Commission’ means the Electoral Commission referred to in section 190 of the new Constitution;”; and (b) � by inserting the following definition after the definition of “national list”: “‘new Constitution’ means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;”. The deletion of item 26. 165