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2. Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (2) for the word “race” of the words “population group”.

3. Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (2) (c) for the word “race” of the words “population group”.

4. Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), any person who, at the commencement of this Act, or of the Marriage Amendment Act, 1970, is under the provisions of any prior law authorized to solemnize any marriages, shall continue to have authority to solemnize such marriages as if such law had not been repealed, but shall exercise such authority in accordance with the provisions of this Act.”; and

by the addition of the following subsection: “(3) Any such person whose authority to solemnize any marriages in the Republic is at the commencement of the Marriage Amendment Act, 1970, not limited to a specified area, shall be deemed to have been designated as a marriage officer for solemnizing marriages in the territory of South-West Africa also, and any such person whose authority to solemnize any marriages in the said territory is at such commencement not limited to a specified area, shall be deemed to have been designated as a marriage officer for solemnizing marriages in the Republic also.”.

5. The following section is hereby substituted for section 12 of the principal Act:

6. Sections 13 to 21, inclusive, of the principal Act are hereby repealed.

7. Section 22 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “or the applicable provisions of any law of the territory of South-West Africa relating to the issue of special marriage licences,”.

8. The following section is hereby substituted for section 23 of the principal Act: