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and any proclamation, notice, regulation or rule in force thereunder shall as from such commencement and publication remain in force in and for the relevant province.

5. (1) The provinces of the Republic as they existed immediately prior to the commencement of this Act shall remain in existence: Provided that the State President may, after consultation with the administrator or administrators concerned, for the purposes of this Act, by proclamation in the Gazette―

(2) The State President shall, when acting in terms of subsection (1), take into account―

(3) Before the State President issues a proclamation under subsection (1) he shall cause to be published in the Gazette a draft of the proposed proclamation together with a notice calling upon all interested persons to lodge any objections and representations in writing within a period of 21 days from the date of publication of the notice with the Secretary to Parliament for submission to a standing committee of Parliament contemplated in section 64 of the Constitution Act.

(4) A proclamation contemplated in subsection (1) shall be issued only on the advice of the standing committee contemplated in subsection (3).

6. Subject to the provisions of section 5, the seats of provincial governments shall be―

CHAPTER II

7. (1) In respect of every province of the Republic―