or any other Act of Parliament, except the power to issue proclamations or make regulations.
(3) The said administrator may similarly authorize any institution or body contemplated in section 84 (1) (f) of the Provincial Government Act, 1961 (Act No. 32 of 1961), or approved by him, and any such institution or body so authorized may, with the approval of the administrator concerned, further so authorize any person in its employ.
16. The administrator of a province―
| (a) | may, if he considers it essential or desirable; and | |
| (b) | shall, before a proclamation referred to in section 14 (2) (a) is issued, |
cause to be published in a newspaper, in order to obtain the views of interested persons regarding any matter within the meaning of the said section, a notice―
| (i) | specifying particulars of the matter concerned, or stating the place where and the period within which such particulars will be available for inspection; and | |
| (ii) | stating that comment relating to the said matter may be lodged with the provincial secretary concerned before a date stated in the notice, which shall be not less than 28 days after the date on which the notice is so published. |
Chapter III
Arrangements for Co-operation
17. (1) The State President may on the recommendation in writing of an administrator and the Chief Minister of a self-governing territory (or the Chief Ministers of two or more self-governing territories) provide by proclamation in the Gazette for the joint or co-ordinated exercise of powers and performance of functions by the provincial executive authority concerned and the government or governments of the self-governing territory or territories concerned.
(2) The State President shall or may in the proclamation contemplated in subsection (1) regulate anything which in terms of any Act of Parliament that provides for the regulation of joint executive action by a provincial executive authority and the government of a self-governing territory shall or may be regulated.
18. The administrator of a province may, with the approval of the State President and after agreement or arrangement with―
| (a) | the government of a foreign state; | |
| (b) | the administrator of any other province; or | |
| (c) | the government of a territory in the Republic for which a legislative assembly has been established under the National States Constitution Act, 1971 (Act No. 21 of 1971), |
in accordance with the said agreement or arrangement, perform in the relevant state, province or territory, as the case may be, any function which he may perform in his province, and for the purpose of the performance of such function that state, province or territory shall be deemed to constitute part of his province.
Chapter IV
General
19. Unless it would in any particular case obviously be inappropriate, having regard to the objects of this Act, as from the commencement of this Act any reference in any law or elsewhere to―
