New states and boundary adjustment, etc

Section 8(3)(a) · 1999 Constitution (2004 edition)

What Constitution says

(a) a request supported by at least two-thirds majority of members (representing the area demanding the creation of the new local government area) in each of the following, namely - (i) the House of Assembly in respect of the area, and (ii) the local government councils in respect of the area, is received by the House of Assembly;

This is the 1999 Constitution as published in 2004. Later amendments aren't included yet, so a section may have changed since.

Original source

Official Gazette · CFRN 1999 official PDF · printed page 22–24. Original document

Release: draft-c8d50d87fae9. Source scope, review and corrections