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3. Sub-section (2) of section fifty-six of the South Africa Act, 1909, as amended, is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (c) thereof of the following new paragraph:

4. Sub-section (4) of section two of the South-West Africa Constitution Act, 1925, as amended, is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (c) thereof, after the word “Administrator”, of the words “unless his absence is due to his serving, while the Union is at war, with the military, air or naval forces of the Union or any other force or service established by or under the South Africa Defence Act, 1912 (Act No. 13 of 1912)”.

5. Sub-section (4) of section seven of the South-West Africa Constitution Act, 1925, is hereby amended―

6. Sub-section (2) of section seventeen of the South-West Africa Constitution Act, 1925, is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (d) thereof, after the word “Council”, of the words “or membership while the Union is at war, of the military, air or naval forces of the Union or any other force or service established by or under the South Africa Defence Act, 1912 (Act No. 13 of 1912)”, and by the substitution for the word “houden” appearing in the Nederlands text of that paragraph of the word “bekleden”.

7. So much of the Removal of Disabilities (War and Rebellion) Act, 1915, as is unrepealed is hereby repealed.

8. This Act shall be called the Constitution (Prevention of Disabilities) Act, 1940.