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(English text signed by the Governor-General.) (Assented to 16th May, 1956.)

E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―

1. Section twelve of the Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the addition to sub-section (1) of the following paragraph:

a person shall not be qualified for election as a member of the said provincial council unless he is a white person.”.

2. The following sections are hereby substituted for sections fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of the principal Act: