South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1957

by enacted by the Parliament of South Africa

Act

To amend the South Africa Act, 1909.

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(English text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 15th February, 1957.)

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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:―

Amendment of section 78 of the South Africa Act, 1909, as amended by section 1 of Act 20 of 1954.

1. Section seventy-eight of the South Africa Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―

(a)

by the addition at the end of sub-section (3) of the words “or from being appointed as a deputy-administrator under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section sixty-eight.”; and

(b)

by the insertion in sub-section (4) after the words “executive committee” where they occur for the first time of the words “other than a casual vacancy arising through the appointment of a member of the executive committee as a deputy-administrator under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section sixty-eight,” and by the addition to that sub-section of the following paragraph, the existing sub-section becoming paragraph (a):

“(b)

A member of the executive committee who is appointed as a deputy-administrator under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section sixty-eight shall as from the termination of such appointment resume his office and functions as a member of the executive committee unless his successor has in the meantime been elected under the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section.”.

Amendment of section 79 of the South Africa Act, 1909.

2. Section seventy-nine of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following proviso:

“Provided that a member of the executive committee who is a member of the provincial council and who is appointed a deputy-administrator under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section sixty-eight, shall during the period of such appointment retain his right to vote as a member of the provincial council.”.

Short title.

3. This Act shall be called the South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1957.