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Royal Style and Titles.
Wills.

Act No. 6 of 1953.

Now therefore, 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:―

Declaration of Royal Style and Titles in relation to the Union of South Africa.

1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law contained, the Style and Titles of Her Majesty the Queen, as Sovereign in and over the Union of South Africa, are hereby appointed and declared to be “Elizabeth II, Africae Australis regnorumque suorum ceterorum Regina, consortionis populorum Princeps,” in the Latin tongue, “Elizabeth II, Queen of South Africa and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth” in the English tongue, and “Elizabeth II, Koningin van Suid-Afrika en van Haar ander Koninkryke en Gebiede, Hoof van die Statebond” in the Afrikaans tongue, respectively.

2. This Act shall be called the Royal Style and Titles Act, 1953, and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by proclamation in the Gazette.

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