such matter to such a committee for its advice may be effected in accordance with rules and orders made by the President’s Council.”.
7. (1) Section 114 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:
“(a) | alter the boundaries of any province by declaring any area forming part thereof to be part of any other province, divide a province into two or more provinces, or form a new province out of provinces within the Republic, except on the petition of the provincial council of every province whose boundaries are affected thereby;”. |
(2) Subsection (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 31 May 1961.
8. Section 10 of the Interpretation Act, 1957, is hereby amended―
(a) | by the deletion of subsection (4); | |
(b) | by the substitution in subsection (5) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words:
“Whenever the administration of any law or any provision of any law which confers a power or imposes a duty upon or entrusts a function to any Minister of State, has [in terms of subsection (4)] under section 20A (1) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), been assigned by the State President to any other Minister, that power may be exercised by such other Minister and that duty shall and that function may be performed by him, and―”; and | |
(c) | by the insertion after subsection (5) of the following subsection:
“(5A) Any assignment made by the State President under subsection (4) of this section before the repeal of that subsection, shall for the purposes of subsection (5) of this section and of any other law be deemed to be an assignment under section 2OA (1) of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961.”. |
9. Schedule 1A to the Admission of Persons to the Republic Regulation Act, 1972, is hereby amended by the insertion after the expression “Contravention of any provision of the Immorality Act, 1957 (Act No. 23 of 1957), which constitutes an offence under that Act” of the following expression:
“Contravention of section 5A (1) or 13 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961.”.
10. This Act shall be called the Republic of South Africa Constitution Second Amendment Act, 1981.