South African Constitution of 1983

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Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983
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 No. 110 of 1983
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Assented to	22 September 1983
Commenced	3 September 1984
Repealed	27 April 1994
Repeals
Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961
Repealed by
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993
Status: Repealed

The Constitution of 1983 (formally the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983) was South Africa's third constitution. It replaced the republican constitution that had been adopted when South Africa became a republic in 1961 and was in force for ten years before it was superseded by the Interim Constitution on 27 April 1994, which in turn led to the current Constitution of South Africa, which has been in force since 1997.