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Act No. 32 of 1961.

ever it is deemed necessary, but in no case to any greater extent than fifteen per cent more or fifteen per cent less than the quota.

Powers and duties of commission for delimiting electoral divisions.

44. (1) A commission constituted under the provisions of section forty-two shall submit to the State President―

(a)

a list of electoral divisions, with the names given to them by the commission and a description of the boundaries of every such division;

(b)

a map or maps showing the electoral divisions into which the provinces have been divided;

(c)

such further particulars as it considers necessary.

(2) The State President may refer to the commission for its consideration all matters relating to such list or arising out of the powers or duties of the commission.

(3) The State President shall by proclamation in the Gazette make known the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions as finally settled and certified by the commission, or a majority thereof, and thereafter, until there shall be a re-division, the electoral divisions as named and defined shall be the electoral divisions of the Republic in the provinces.

(4) If any discrepancy arises between the description of the divisions and the aforesaid map or maps, the description shall prevail.

Date from which alteration of electoral divisons takes effect.

45. Any alteration in the number of members of the House of Assembly to be elected in the several provinces, and any re-division of the provinces into electoral divisions, shall, in respect of the election of members of the House of Assembly, come into operation at the next general election held after the completion of the re-division or of any allocation consequent upon such alteration, and not earlier.

Qualifications of members of House of Assembly.

46. No person shall be qualified to be a member of the House of Assembly under this Act, unless he―

(a)

is qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the House of Assembly in one of the provinces;

(b)

has resided for five years within the limits of the Republic;

(c)

is a white person and is a South African citizen in terms of the provisions of the South African Citizenship Act, 1949 (Act No. 44 of 1949).

Duration of House of Assembly.

47. (1) Every House of Assembly shall continue for five years from the first meeting thereof, and no longer, but may at any time be dissolved by the State President by proclamation in the Gazette.

(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the date of the first meeting of the first Parliament under this Act shall be taken to have been the fourth day of July, 1958.

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