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9. The following section is hereby substituted for section 65 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983:
“Powers of the State President, Ministers and their deputies in Houses. | 65. (1) The State President, a Minister who is a member of the Cabinet and any deputy to such a Minister has the right to sit and to speak in any House, but may [only vote if he] not vote except, in the case of such a Minister or deputy who is a member of a House, [and only] in the House of which he is a member. (2) A member of a Ministers’ Council who is not a member of any House or of the Cabinet has the right to sit and to speak in the House of which the members are of the same population group as the members of the Ministers’ Council in question, but may not vote therein.”. |
10. Section 67 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
“(1) A joint sitting of the Houses shall be called by the State President by message to the Houses or, in terms and for the purposes of the joint rules and orders contemplated in section 64, by the Speaker of Parliament.”.
11. (1) Section 102 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983, is hereby amended―
(a) | by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
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(b) | by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of the following paragraph:
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(c) | by the substitution for subsection (7) of the following subsection:
“(7) The first session of the first Parliament constituted in terms of this Act shall commence within 21 days after the polling day or the last polling day of the |