South Africa Act Amendment Act, 1955/1956-03-09

as amended by

Official Languages (Local Authorities) Amendment Act, No. 10 of 1956

2. (1) No regulation or by-law of any institution or body contemplated in paragraph (vi) of section eighty-five of the South Africa Act, 1909, made prior to the date of commencement of this Act in only one of the official languages of the Union shall be of any force or effect after the thirty-first day of March, 1957, unless it has been duly published in both the official languages or a translation thereof has at any time prior to the said date been duly published in the other official language by the authority charged by law with the publication of such a regulation or by-law. [Sub-s. (1) amended by s. 1 of Act No. 10 of 1956.]

(2) Where such a regulation or by-law has been published in both official languages or a translation thereof has been published as provided in sub-section (1), both versions thereof shall have equal force and effect as if the regulation or by-law had originally been made and published in both the official languages.