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Chapter Twelve - General Provisions

1. 12.1    AMENDMENT, MERGER AND DISSOLUTION
    
   Only the Federal Congress may amend this Constitution, or merge or dissolve the Party and consequently dispose of its assets, by vote of not fewer than two-thirds of the members present and voting at that particular meeting, provided that notice of that proposal must have been given to each Province not less than four weeks before that Congress.
   
    12.2    INCONSISTENCIES
    
   12.2.1    In the event of inconsistency between the translations of the Constitution into other languages, the English text prevails.
      
   12.2.2    Should any dispute arise on the interpretation of any section of this Constitution, the English text is regarded as the original.
   
   12.3    DEFINITIONS
    
   In this constitution, unless a different meaning appears from the context, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them:
    
   “proportional system of voting”     means that described in Annexure A, as amended by the Federal Council from time to time.
   
   “votes cast for the Party”    means the votes cast for the party in the most recent election of a national nature, whether that was for the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures or for local government in South Africa.  If it was an election for the local sphere of government, it refers to both the votes cast on the proportional ballot for the category A or B municipalities as defined in section 155 of the National Constitution.  If it was an election for the provincial and national spheres of government, it refers to the votes cast on the national ballot.
   
   (As adopted by the Federal Congress on 13 April 2002, amended by the Federal Congress on 21 November 2004 and on 5 May 2007).

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