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31. Section 71 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection: “(2) The provisions of section 53 relating to the tenure of office of the members and the functioning of the [Senate or the] House of Assembly upon a dissolution thereof, and to the summoning of [Parliament] the House of Assembly after [the Senate or the House of Assembly] it has been dissolved, shall mutatis mutandis apply with reference to a dissolution and summoning of any provincial council.”.

32. Section 76 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (4) of the following paragraphs:

33. Section 84 of the principal Act is hereby amended―

34. The following heading and sections are hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 101:

PART VIIIA.

PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL.