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3. The parts of the Statute of Westminster, 1931 (22. Geo. V. c. 4) and the Afrikaans version thereof, set forth in the Schedule to this Act, shall be deemed to be an Act of the Parliament of the Union and shall be construed accordingly.

4. (1) The Executive Government of the Union in regard to any aspect of its domestic or external affairs is vested in the King, acting on the advice of His Ministers of State for the Union, and may be administered by His Majesty in person or by a Governor-General as his representative.

(2) Save where otherwise expressly stated or necessarily implied, any reference in the South Africa Act and in this Act to the King shall be deemed to be a reference to the King acting on the advice of his Ministers of State for the Union.

(3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not be taken to affect the provisions of sections twelve, fourteen, twenty and forty-five of the South Africa Act and the constitutional conventions relating to the exercise of his functions by the Govenor-General under the said sections.

5. Section two of the South Africa Act is hereby amended by the insertion after the word “implied” of the words― “‘heirs and successors’ shall be taken to mean His Majesty’s heirs and successors in the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as determined by the laws relating to the succession of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”.

6. Sections twenty-six and forty-four of the South Africa Act are hereby amended by the deletion of the words “a British subject of European descent” in paragraphs (d) and (c) respectively of the said sections and the substitution therefor of the words “a person of European descent who has acquired Union nationality whether―

by birth or by domicile as a British subject or by naturalization, or otherwise, in terms of Act 40 of 1927 or of Act 14 of 1932.”

7. Section fifty-one of the South Africa Act is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” where they occur in the oath and in the affirmation prescribed by the said section, and by inserting the words “King or Queen (as the case may be)” immediately after the words “His Majesty”.

8. Section sixty-four of the South Africa Act is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:―