Interim Constitution (South Africa)

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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993
Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to introduce a new Constitution for the Republic of South Africa and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Citation	Act 200 of 1993
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Assented to	25 January 1994
Commenced	27 April 1994
Repealed	4 February 1997
Repeals
Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983 Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act, 1959 Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 Bantu Homelands Constitution Act, 1971
Repealed by
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Status: Repealed

The Interim Constitution was the fundamental law of South Africa from during the first non-racial general election on 27 April 1994 until it was superseded by the final constitution on 4 February 1997. As a transitional constitution it required the newly elected Parliament to also serve as a constituent assembly to adopt a final constitution. It made provision for a major restructuring of government as a consequence of the abolition of apartheid. It also introduced an entrenched bill of rights against which legislation and government action could be tested, and created the Constitutional Court with broad powers of judicial review.