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which legislature the candidate will serve, as the case may be, in which event
the candidate’s name shall be deleted from the other lists.
(3) The Commission shall forthwith publish the list of names of representatives in
the legislature or legislatures.”..
The amendment of item 18 by replacing paragraph (b) with the following
paragraph:
“(b) a representative is appointed as a permanent delegate to the National Council
of Provinces;”.
The replacement of item 19 with the following item:
“19. Lists of candidates of a party referred to in item 16 (1) may be supplemented
on one occasion only at any time during the first 12 months following the
date on which the designation of representatives in terms of item 16 has
been concluded, in order to fill casual vacancies: Provided that any such
supplementation shall be made at the end of the list.”.
The replacement of item 23 with the following item:
“Vacancies
23. (1) In the event of a vacancy in a legislature to which this Schedule applies,
the party which nominated the vacating member shall fill the vacancy by
nominating a person—
(a) whose name appears on the list of candidates from which the vacating
member was originally nominated; and
(b) who is the next qualified and available person on the list.
(2) A nomination to fill a vacancy shall be submitted to the Speaker in writing.
(3) If a party represented in a legislature dissolves or ceases to exist and the
members in question vacate their seats in consequence of item 23A(1), the
seats in question shall be allocated to the remaining parties mutatis mutandis
as if such seats were forfeited seats in terms of item 7 or 14, as the case may
be.”.
The insertion of the following item after item 23:
“Additional ground for loss of membership of legislatures
23A. (1) A person loses membership of a legislature to which this Schedule applies
if that person ceases to be a member of the party which nominated that
person as a member of the legislature.
(2) Despite subitem (1) any existing political party may at any time change its
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