Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa

The Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa made various changes involving the financial management of national and provincial government.

The amendment made the following changes to the Constitution: The amendment was passed by the National Assembly on 1 November 2001 with the requisite two-thirds majority (274 votes in favour),[1] and by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on 15 November with eight of nine provinces in favour, KwaZulu-Natal being the lone dissenter.

[2] It was introduced to Parliament simultaneously with the Sixth Amendment, but was passed separately because it contained matters affecting provincial government which had to be approved by the NCOP.

The act was signed by President Thabo Mbeki on 7 December, but it contained a clause specifying that it would only come into force on a date set by presidential proclamation.

61 of 2001, but the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005 renamed it and abolished the practice of giving Act numbers to constitutional amendments.