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[Date of commencement―27th May, 1925.

To remove doubts as to the meaning of the word “Dutch” in Section one hundred and thirty-seven of the South Africa Act, 1909, and wheresoever else that word occurs in the said Act.

(Assented to 22nd May, 1925.) (Signed by the Governor-General in Dutch.)

HEREAS doubts have arisen as to the meaning of the word “Dutch” in the South Africa Act, 1909;

it is expedient to remove such doubts;

E IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―

1. The word “Dutch” in section one hundred and thirty-seven of the South Africa Act, 1909, and wheresoever else that word occurs in the said Act, is hereby declared to include Afrikaans.

2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925, and shall be deemed to have been in operation from the thirty-first day of May, 1910.

[Date of commencement―27th May, 1925.

To amend the South Africa Act, 1909.

(Assented to 15th May, 1925.) (Signed by the Governor-General in Dutch.)

HEREAS the people of the Union of South Africa, being a God-fearing people, have consistently acknowledged Almighty God as the Supreme Leader by Whom the destinies of the peoples of the earth are governed and determined:

the people represented by the former Colonial Parliaments and the National Convention entered upon Union in prayerful dependence on God:

the specific mention of the sovereignty and guidance of the Almighty was in no wise omitted from the South Africa Act, 1909, through any want of recognition towards Him:

it is the desire of the people that the sovereignty and guidance of God shall be specifically mentioned: