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Act No. 53 of 1955.

according to that principle of proportional representation according to which each voter has one transferable vote, and if at such a re-election the said persons again receive the same number of votes, one of the said persons to be determined by the drawing of lots shall be deemed to have been elected as a senator for that seat.

(5) The Governor-General may make regulations in regard to the election of senators under this Act, including regulations in regard to the duties of returning officers in connection with such elections and in regard to the drawing of lots in the circumstances contemplated in sub-section (4).

Amendment of section 26 of the South Africa Act, 1909.

5. Section twenty-six of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (e) thereof and of the words “and property situated within” wherever they occur.

Amendment of section 30 of the South Africa Act, 1909.

6. Section thirty of the South Africa Act, 1909, is hereby amended by the substitution for the word “twelve” of the word “fifteen”.

Substitution of section 63 of the South Africa Act, 1909.

7. The following section is hereby substituted for section sixty-three of the South Africa Act, 1909:

“Disagreement between the two Houses.

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-

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