Section  40. Government of the Republic
1. In the Republic, government is constituted as national, provincial and local spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated.
2. All spheres of government must observe and adhere to the principles in this Chapter and must conduct their activities within the parameters that the Chapter provides.

Section  41. Principles of co-operative government and intergovernmental relations
1. All spheres of government and all organs of state within each sphere must ­

2. An Act of Parliament must ­

3. An organ of state involved in an intergovernmental dispute must make every reasonable effort to settle the dispute by means of mechanisms and procedures provided for that purpose, and must exhaust all other remedies before it approaches a court to resolve the dispute.
4. If a court is not satisfied that the requirements of subsection (3) have been met, it may refer a dispute back to the organs of state involved