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the said section, shall, subject to the provisions of section 53 of the principal Act, vacate his seat on such dissolution.

(5) A person who prior to 1 January 1981 is appointed as a member of the President’s Council in terms of section 102 (1) of the principal Act while he is a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly or a provincial council, shall cease to be a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly or such provincial council, as the case may be, on the date of such appointment.

(6) The House of Assembly as constituted for the purposes of the principal Act immediately prior to the commencement of any provision of section 17, shall continue to exist, and a person who is then a member of the House of Assembly, shall continue to be a member thereof, until the House of Assembly is dissolved in terms of the principal Act, whether by effluxion of time or otherwise.

(7) The holder of the office of State President or Vice State President on 1 January 1981 shall be deemed to have been elected as such in terms of the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act.