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(3) No person appointed under this section shall hold office for a longer period than three months unless he is or becomes a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly.

(4) Any person appointed under sub-section (3) of section fourteen of the South Africa Act, 1909, and holding office immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly appointed under this section, and may, subject to the provisions of this section, continue to exercise or perform any powers, duties and functions which immediately prior to such commencement could be exercised or performed by him by virtue of a determination under sub-section (3) of the first-mentioned section, as if he were authorized to exercise such powers or perform such duties or functions in pursuance of a determination made by the Minister concerned in terms of this section, but shall make and subscribe the oath required under sub-section (2) before assuming the duties of his office.

22. The appointment and removal of persons in the service of the Republic shall be vested in the State President, unless the appointment or removal is delegated by the State President to some other authority or is in terms of this Act or any other law vested in some other authority.

23. Save as is otherwise provided in section twenty-seven, Pretoria shall be the seat of Government of the Republic.

PARLIAMENT.

24. (1) The legislative power of the Republic shall be vested in the Parliament of the Republic which shall consist of the State President, a Senate, and a House of Assembly.

(2) The Senate and the House of Assembly as constituted for the purposes of the South Africa Act, 1909, and in existence immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly constituted for the purposes of this Act, and any person elected or nominated as a member of the said Senate or House of Assembly and holding office immediately prior to such commencement shall be deemed to have been duly elected or nominated to the Senate or the House of Assembly established by this Act: Provided that any such person shall before taking his seat as a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly established by this Act, make and subscribe the oath prescribed in section fifty-two.

(3) Any reference in any law to Parliament or any House of Parliament or the Senate or the House of Assembly or a member thereof, shall be construed as a reference to the Parliament or the Senate or the House of Assembly established by this Act or to a member of the said Senate or House of Assembly.

(4) Where any matter which has during the session of Parliament (as constituted in terms of the South Africa Act, 1909) immediately preceding the commencement of this Act,