Example
In Nigeria, section 2 of Act 3 of 2011 (https://edit.laws.africa/works/ng/act/2011/3/) reads as follows (I've paraphrased slightly):
Section 6 of the Constitution is altered in subsection (5) by inserting immediately after the existing paragraph (c) a new paragraph "(cc)"―
"(cc) the National Industrial Court;".
To make the amendment: insert the new paragraph (cc) in section 6(5) of the Constitution, after the existing paragraph (c).
The annotation should tell us:
what the change was: the insertion of a new paragraph (cc)
how it came about: by section 2 of Act 3 of 2011.
Section 6 of the Constitution as amended would then look something like this:
6. Judicial powers
…
(5) This section relates to—
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(c) existing paragraph c;
(cc) the National Industrial Court;
[paragraph (cc) inserted by section 2 of Act 3 of 2011]
(d) existing paragraph d;
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