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Act No. 30 of 1956.

Act

To amend the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951.

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(English text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 16th May, 1956.)

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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 12 of Act 46 of 1951.

1. Section twelve of the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the addition to sub-section (1) of the following paragraph:

“(iii)

a person shall not be qualified for election as a member of the said provincial council unless he is a white person.”.

Substitution of sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of Act 46 of 1951.

2. The following sections are hereby substituted for sections fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of the principal Act:

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