Act No. 53 of 1960.
Act
To amend the South Africa Act, 1909, the South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1949, and the Senate Act, 1955.
(Afrikaans text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 25th May, 1960.)
Be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―
1. Section fifty-two of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended―
(a) | by the deletion of the words “being chosen or of”; and | |
(b) | by the addition of the following sub-section, the existing section becoming sub-section (1):
“(2) A member of either House of Parliament who is chosen as a member of the other House, shall cease to be a member of such first-mentioned House with effect from the date upon which he becomes a member of such other House.”. |
2. Section thirty of the South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1949, is hereby amended―
(a) | by the substitution for paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (4) of the following paragraphs:
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(b) | by the substitution in paragraph (a) of sub-section (6) for the expression “the South Africa Act, 1909, and the Representation of Natives Act, 1936” of the expression “the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951, and the Senate Act, 1955"; and | |||||||
(c) | by the substitution in paragraph (b) of that sub-section for the expression “the South Africa Act, 1909” of the expression “the Senate Act, 1955”. |
3. Section two of the Senate Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―
(a) | by the deletion in sub-section (1) of the expression “the Representation of Natives Act, 1936, and of”, and the insertion after the expression “1949” of the expression “and the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951"; |