Whenever the office of State President is vacant or the State President is for any reason unable to perform the duties of his office, the Vice State President shall serve as Acting State President, and if the office of Vice State President is vacant or the holder of that office is unable to act, the Speaker of the House of Assembly or, if his office is vacant or he is unable to act, a person appointed by the Executive Council shall serve as Acting State President. 41. Constitution and powers of Supreme Court of South Africa. Powers of provincial executive committees. Date from which alteration of electoral divisons takes effect. (1) At intervals of not less than five years and not more than ten years commencing from the last delimitation of electoral divisions under the South Africa Act, 1909, the State President shall appoint a delimitation commission consisting of three judges of the Supreme Court of South Africa, which shall, subject to the provisions of section 40 (2), divide the Republic into one hundred and sixty-five electoral divisions in such a manner that no electoral division is situated partly in one province and partly in another province. (3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section shall not be construed to affect the exercise by the State President of his powers under section twenty, in so far as it relates to the appointment of Ministers, or section twenty-five, paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section thirty-three or section forty-seven, or the constitutional conventions relating to the exercise of his functions by the State President. 55. 11. A person is not qualified to be a member of the President’s Council if he―. 38 of 1945 deleted by, Are convinced of the necessity to stand united. This clause was entrenched by the requirement that it could only be amended by an absolute majority of two-thirds of Senators and members of the House of Assembly sitting together in joint session. Second Finance Act, No.

There shall be a session of the House of Assembly at least once in every year, so that a period of 12 months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the House of Assembly in one session and its first sitting in the next session. (2) The flags referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall all be of the same size and of a shape proportionally the same as that of the National Flag, the width of each of such flags shall be equal to one-third of the width of the white stripe on the National Flag, and the flags referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) shall be equidistant from the margins of the said white stripe. General Law Amendment Act, No. Republic of South Africa Constitution Amendment Act, No. It also sets out how the … (3) The date so fixed shall in respect of the first such election be a date before the thirty-first day of May, 1961, and in the case of any subsequent such election a date not less than one month and not more than three months before the termination of the period of office of the State President then holding office: Provided that if the State President dies or for any other reason vacates his office before the expiration of his period of office and his successor has then not yet been elected, a date within three months after the office became vacant shall be so fixed: Provided further that if the State President intimates in his resignation lodged with the Speaker of the House of Assembly in terms of section 10 (3) that he will vacate his office on a day not less than one month after the date of the lodging of his resignation, a date which is earlier than the day on which the office becomes vacant, may be so fixed. Internal Security Amendment Act No 79, 1978. 92. (2) If immediately before the commencement of this Act any provincial council constituted under the South Africa Act, 1909, is in session by virtue of a proclamation issued under section seventy-four of that Act, that session shall be resumed from a date after such commencement to be determined before such commencement by resolution of that council in the same manner as if it were a session of the corresponding provincial council established by this Act for the holding of which the time had been duly fixed in terms of this Act.

(b) He shall cease to hold office on a resolution passed by the House of Assembly declaring him to be removed from office on the ground of misconduct or inability to perform efficiently the duties of his office. (1) The provincial council shall elect from among its members a chairman, and may make rules for the conduct of its proceedings. 120. (1) English and Afrikaans shall be the official languages of the Republic, and shall be treated on a footing of equality, and possess and enjoy equal freedom, rights and privileges. Bills passed by both Houses of Parliament would become law when assented to by the State President (on the advice of the cabinet), and if he refused assent he could return the bill to Parliament with proposed amendments. 9 of 1963, Provincial Councils and Executive Committees Act, No. 30 of 1977, Second Black Laws Amendment Act, No. (1) (a) The State President may appoint any person to hold office during his pleasure as Deputy Minister of any specified Department of State or Deputy Minister of such other description as the State President may determine, and to exercise or perform on behalf of a Minister any of the powers, functions and duties entrusted to such Minister under any law or otherwise which may, subject to the directions of the State President, be assigned to him from time to time by the said Minister. Cape Town shall be the seat of the Legislature of the Republic. 101 of 1969, Constitution Amendment Act, No. South West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1970. The Constitution of 1961. Recommendation of appropriation not initiated by a Minister. 22 of 1963 All powers, authorities and functions which immediately prior to the commencement of this Act were in any of the provinces vested in the Governor-General or in the Governor-General-in-Council or in any authority of the province, shall as far as the same continue in existence and are (3) A proposed ordinance so reserved shall not have any force unless and until, within one year from the day on which it was presented to the State President he makes known by proclamation in the Gazette that it has received his assent. Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act, 1959. Return to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory site. The role of the State President was largely ceremonial, as he was required to act on the advice of the Cabinet. (1) Parliament may by law repeal or amend any provision of this Act: Provided that no repeal or amendment of the provisions of this section or of section 108 or of any corresponding provisions of any law substituted therefor, shall be valid unless the bill embodying such repeal or amendment has been agreed to by not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the House of Assembly. All administrative powers, functions and duties affecting the administration of justice shall be under the control of the Minister of Justice. The South African Constitution's socio-economic rights provisions have been celebrated internationally. Pension to be payable to Vice State President and his widow. Trade in Diamonds Consolidation Act, 1887. (1) There shall in every province be a provincial revenue fund into which shall be paid all revenues as defined in section 1 of the Provincial Finance and Audit Act, 1972. (4) Any person who immediately prior to the commencement of this Act holds office as a member of the provincial council by virtue of an election held as provided in section seventy-one of the South Africa Act, 1909, shall be deemed to have been elected to the corresponding provincial council established by this Act.