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been brought before the said Parliament or Senate or House of Assembly, has not before such commencement been disposed of, that matter may be further dealt with or considered by the Parliament or Senate or House of Assembly, as the case may be, established by this Act, and any steps taken in connection with that matter by such first-mentioned Parliament or Senate or House of Assembly shall be deemed to have been taken by the Parliament or Senate or House of Assembly, as the case may be, established by this Act.

(5) Any Bill passed prior to the commencement of this Act by the Senate and by the House of Assembly (as constituted in terms of the South Africa Act, 1909) which has been assented to by the Governor-General, but has not been promulgated before such commencement, may be promulgated thereafter and shall thereupon have full force and effect as an Act of Parliament in all respects as if this Act had not been passed, but any reference in any such Act to any authority referred to in the South Africa Act, 1909, shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding authority established under this Act.

(6) If any Bill brought before Parliament or the Senate or the House of Assembly (as constituted in terms of the South Africa Act, 1909) prior to the commencement of this Act, has not been passed by both such Senate and such House of Assembly or if the Governor-General has not assented to any Bill so passed, that Bill may be further dealt with or considered by the Parliament or the Senate or the House of Assembly, as the case may be, established by this Act or may be assented to by the State President, as the circumstances may require, and, where it is so assented to, the Bill may be promulgated and shall have full force and effect as an Act of the Parliament established by this Act: Provided that any reference in such a Bill to any authority established by the South Africa Act, 1909, shall under the directions of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Assembly be altered before the promulgation thereof to a reference to the corresponding authority established by this Act.

25. (1) The State President may appoint such times for holding the sessions of Parliament as he thinks fit, and may also from time to time, by proclamation in the Gazette or otherwise, prorogue Parliament.

(2) If immediately before the commencement of this Act the Parliament established under the South Africa Act, 1909, is in session by virtue of a proclamation issued under section twenty of that Act, that session shall be resumed from such date after such commencement as may prior to the said commencement be determined by resolution of the Senate and of the House of Assembly established under that Act in the same manner as if it were a session of the Parliament established by this Act for the holding of which the time