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Establishment of Union Council for Coloured Affairs. 14. (1) A Union Council for Coloured Affairs (hereinafter called the Council) consisting of three non-European members for each Union electoral division who shall be elected and fifteen non-European members who shall be nominated by the Governor-General is hereby established with effect from a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by proclamation in the Gazette.

(2) (a) Of the fifteen non-European members to be nominated—

eight members of whom at least one shall be a member of the race or class known as the Cape Malays and at least one shall be a member of the race or class known as the Griquas shall represent the province of the Cape of Good Hope;

two members shall represent the province of Natal;

one member shall represent the province of the Orange Free State; and

four members shall represent the province of the Transvaal.

(b) No person shall be nominated as a member unless—

he qualifies mutatis mutandis, in terms of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (l) of section four of the principal Act; and

he has resided for a period of two years immediately prior to the date of his appointment in the province that he is nominated to represent and continues to reside therein.

(3) Any person who is registered in the Cape Coloured voters’ list and has in addition resided in the province of the Cape of Good Hope for a period of two years immediately prior to the date of his election and continues to reside therein, shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Council.

(4) There shall be constituted an executive committee of the Council consisting of five members of the Council of whom two shall be elected by the members of the Council and three shall be designated by the Governor-General.

(5) The Governor-General shall designate one of the members of the executive committee as the chairman of the Council.

(6) The chairman of the Council shall also be the chairman of the executive committee.

(7) The chairman shall in addition to his deliberative vote have in the case of an equality of votes, a casting vote.