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[Date of commencement―1st January, 1935.

To amend sections fifty-six and seventy-three of the South Africa Act, 1909.

(Assented to 7th May, 1935.) (Signed by the Governor-General in English.)

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

1. Section fifty-six of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended―

2. Section seventy-three of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended by the deletion of the word “three” and the substitution therefor of the word “five”: Provided that the provisions of this section shall not affect the duration of any existing Provincial Council.

3. This Act may be cited as the South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1935, and section one shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, 1935: Provided that no member of Parliament shall during the calendar year 1935 receive a less amount in allowance than he would have received if this Act had not been passed.