South Africa Act, 1909/1955-06-29

as amended by

Exchequer and Audit Act, No. 21 of 1911

Appellate Division Act, No. 12 of 1920

South Africa Act, 1909, Amendment Act, No. 9 of 1925

South Africa Act, 1909, Further Amendment Act, No. 34 of 1925

Local Government (Provincial Powers) Act, No. 1 of 1926

Electoral Act, 1918, Amendment Act, No. 11 of 1926

Criminal and Magistrates’ Courts Procedure (Amendment) Act, No. 39 of 1926

Payment of Members of Parliament Act, No. 51 of 1926

Administration of Justice (Further Amendment) Act, No. 11 of 1927

Rhodesia Appeals Act, No. 18 of 1931

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 17 of 1933

Financial Adjustments Act, No. 29 of 1933

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 45 of 1934

Status of the Union Act, No. 69 of 1934

Census Amendment Act, No. 5 of 1935

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 43 of 1935

General Law Amendment Act, No. 46 of 1935

Representation of Natives Act, No. 12 of 1936

Electoral Quota Act, No. 21 of 1937

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 13 of 1938

Constitution (Prevention of Disabilities) Act, No. 19 of 1940

Electoral Laws Amendment Act, No. 20 of 1940

Judges’ Act, No. 41 of 1941

Electoral Quota Consolidation Act, No. 30 of 1942

Financial Relations Consolidation and Amendment Act, No. 38 of 1945

Electoral Laws Amendment Act, No. 10 of 1946

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 21 of 1946

Provincial Powers Extension Act, No. 41 of 1947

Powers and Privileges of Provincial Councils Act, No. 16 of 1948

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, No. 37 of 1948

Deputy-Administrators Act, No. 2 of 1949

Privy Council Appeals Act, No. 16 of 1950

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 39 of 1950

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 66 of 1951

General Law Amendment Act, No. 32 of 1952

Electoral Laws Amendment Act, No. 55 of 1952

Bantu Education Act, No. 47 of 1953

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 20 of 1954

South Africa Act Amendment Act, No. 9 of 1955

Senate Act, No. 53 of 1955

26. The qualifications of a senator shall be as follows:―

He must:―

be not less than thirty years of age; be qualified to be registered as a voter for the election of members of the House of Assembly in one of the provinces; have resided for five years within the limits of the Union as existing at the time when he is elected or nominated, as the case may be; be 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.

For the purposes of this section, residence in a Colony before its incorporation in the Union shall be treated as residence in the Union.

30. The presence of at least fifteen senators shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers.

63. (1) If the House of Assembly in any session passes a Bill imposing taxation only or dealing with the appropriation of revenue or moneys for the public service, and the Senate in the same session rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with amendments to which the House of Assembly will not agree, the Bill shall, unless the House of Assembly otherwise directs, be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent and shall as soon as it has been assented to in the Queen’s name by the Governor-General, become an Act of Parliament and be taken to have been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament, notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to it.

(2) There shall be endorsed on every Bill which imposes taxation only or which deals with the appropriation of revenue or moneys for the public service, when it is sent up to the Senate and when it is presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent, the certificate of the Speaker of the House of Assembly signed by him that it is such a Bill.

(3) If the House of Assembly in two successive sessions (whether of the same Parliament or not) passes a Bill, other than a Bill referred to in sub-section (1), and the Senate in each of those sessions rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with amendments to which the House of Assembly will not agree, the Bill shall, unless the House of Assembly otherwise directs, be presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent and shall as soon as it has been assented to in the Queen’s name by the Governor-General, become an Act of Parliament and be taken to have been duly passed by both Houses of Parliament, notwithstanding that the Senate has not consented to it, provided those sessions were not held in the same calendar year.

(4) When a Bill is presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent in terms of sub-section (3), there shall be endorsed on the Bill the certificate of the Speaker of the House of Assembly signed by him that the provisions of this section have been duly complied with in relation to that Bill.

(5) A Bill shall be deemed to be the same Bill as a former Bill sent up to the Senate in the preceding session if, when it is sent up to the Senate, it is identical with the former Bill or contains only such alterations as are certified by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to be necessary owing to the time which has elapsed since the date of the former Bill, or to represent any amendments which have been made by the Senate in the former Bill in the preceding session, and any amendments which are certified by the Speaker to have been made by the Senate in the second session and agreed to by the House of Assembly, shall be inserted in the Bill as presented to the Governor-General for the Queen’s assent in terms of this section: Provided that the House of Assembly may, if it thinks fit, on the passage of such a Bill through the House of Assembly in the second session, suggest any further amendments without inserting the amendments in the Bill, and any such suggested amendments shall be considered by the Senate, and, if agreed to by the Senate, shall be regarded as amendments made by the Senate and agreed to by the House of Assembly, but the exercise of this power by the House of Assembly shall not affect the operation of this section in the event of the Bill being rejected by the Senate.

(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply in relation to such a Bill as is referred to in section thirty-five or one hundred and fifty-two.

PART VIII.

134. The election of members of the executive committees of the provincial councils as provided in this Act shall, whenever such election is contested, be according to the principle of proportional representation, each voter having one transferable vote. The Governor-General-in-Council shall frame regulations prescribing the method of voting and of transferring and counting votes and the duties of returning officers in connection therewith, and such regulations or any amendments thereof after being duly promulgated shall have full force and effect unless and until Parliament shall otherwise provide. [S. 134 amended by s. 8 of Act No. 53 of 1955.]