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Act No. 53 of 1960.

Act

To amend the South Africa Act, 1909, the South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1949, and the Senate Act, 1955.

(Afrikaans text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 25th May, 1960.)

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 52 of South Africa Act, 1909, as amended by section 1 of Act 3 of 1959.

1. Section fifty-two of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended―

(a)		by the deletion of the words “being chosen or of”; and
(b)		by the addition of the following sub-section, the existing section becoming sub-section (1): “(2) A member of either House of Parliament who is chosen as a member of the other House, shall cease to be a member of such first-mentioned House with effect from the date upon which he becomes a member of such other House.”.

Amendment of section 30 of Act 23 of 1949, as amended by section 10 of Act 53 of 1955.

2. Section thirty of the South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1949, is hereby amended―

(a)

by the substitution for paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (4) of the following paragraphs:

“(b)		The election of such senators shall take place according to the principle of proportional representation, each voter having one transferable vote.
(c)		The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the method of voting and of transferring and counting votes, and the duties of returning officers in connection with any such election.”;

(b)

by the substitution in paragraph (a) of sub-section (6) for the expression “the South Africa Act, 1909, and the Representation of Natives Act, 1936” of the expression “the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951, and the Senate Act, 1955"; and

(c)

by the substitution in paragraph (b) of that sub-section for the expression “the South Africa Act, 1909” of the expression “the Senate Act, 1955”.

Amendment of section 2 of Act 53 of 1955.

3. Section two of the Senate Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―

(a)

by the deletion in sub-section (1) of the expression “the Representation of Natives Act, 1936, and of”, and the insertion after the expression “1949” of the expression “and the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951";