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Republic of South Africa Constitution

Act No. 32 of 1961.


(2) Subject to the approval of the State President, the executive committee may make rules for the conduct of its proceedings.


Appointment of officers by executive committees.

82. Subject to the provisions of any law passed by Parliament regulating the conditions of appointment, tenure of office, retirement and superannuation of public officers, the executive committee shall have power to appoint such officers as may be necessary, in addition to officers assigned to the province by the State President under the provisions of this Act, to carry out the services entrusted to it and to make and enforce regulations for the organization and discipline of such officers.


Power of administrator to act on behalf of State President.

83. In regard to all matters in respect of which no powers are reserved or delegated to the provincial council, the administrator shall act on behalf of the State President when required to do so, and in such matters the administrator may act without reference to the other members of the executive committee.


Powers of Provincial Councils.


Powers of provincial councils.

84. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Financial Relations Consolidation and Amendment Act, 1945 (Act No. 38 of 1945), and the assent of the State President as hereinafter provided, a provincial council may make ordinances in relation to matters coming within the following classes of subjects, namely―

(a)

direct taxation within the province in order to raise revenue for provincial purposes;

(b)

the borrowing of money on the sole credit of the province with the consent of the State President and in accordance with regulations framed by Parliament;

(c)

education, other than higher education and Bantu education, until Parliament otherwise provides;

(d)

agriculture to the extent and subject to the conditions defined by Parliament;

(e)

the establishment, maintenance and management of hospitals and charitable institutions;

(f)

(i)

municipal institutions, divisional councils and other local institutions of a similar nature;

(ii)

any institutions or bodies other than such institutions as are referred to in sub-paragraph (i), which have in respect of any one or more areas (whether contiguous or not) situated outside the area of jurisdiction of any such institution as is referred to in sub-paragraph (i), authority and functions similar to the authority and functions of such institutions as are referred to in the said sub-paragraph, or authority and functions in respect of the preservation of public health in any such area or areas, includ-