Interim Constitution

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The Interim Constitution was South Africa’s transitional supreme law adopted in 1993 to guide the country’s shift from apartheid to a democratic constitutional order.

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Interim Constitution canonical 1
Interim Constitution of 1993 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interim constitution
supreme law
adoptedBy Multi-Party Negotiating Process NERFINISHED
Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED
adoptedInYear 1993
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 NERFINISHED
Interim Constitution NERFINISHED
appliedTo all people in South Africa
basisFor drafting of the 1996 Constitution
cameIntoForceInYear 1994
contains Bill of Rights NERFINISHED
constitutional principles binding on the final Constitution
context end of apartheid
transition to majority rule
country South Africa
definedAs transitional supreme law of South Africa
enshrined constitutional supremacy
judicial review
universal adult suffrage
established Constitutional Court of South Africa NERFINISHED
governed Government of National Unity NERFINISHED
governedPeriod 1994–1996
influencedBy international human rights norms
language English
legalStatus transitional constitution
legalSystem South African law
locationOfEffect Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED
precededBy Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983 NERFINISHED
providedFor a multi-party system of democratic government
negotiated constitutional principles
power-sharing arrangements during the transition
provincial governments
purpose to establish a democratic constitutional order
to guide South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy
regulated South Africa’s first non-racial democratic elections
repealedBy Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 NERFINISHED
repealedInYear 1997
subjectMatter constitutional law
electoral system
human rights
separation of powers
structure of government
supersededBy Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 NERFINISHED
timePeriod post-apartheid transition
typeOfGovernmentEstablished constitutional democracy

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Senate of South Africa (1994–1997) constitutionalBasis Interim Constitution
this entity surface form: Interim Constitution of 1993