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Act No. 53 of 1960.

(ii)		Malay Group includes any person who in fact is, or is generally accepted as a member of the race or class known as the Cape Malays;
(iii)		Griqua Group includes any person who in fact is, or is generally accepted as a member of the race or class known as the Griquas; and
(iv)		Other Coloured Group includes any person who is not included in the Cape Coloured Group, the Malay Group or the Griqua Group, nor in the Chinese Group, the Indian Group or the Other Asiatic Group as defined in Proclamation No. 46 of 1959 issued under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section five of the Population Registration Act, 1950 (Act No. 30 of 1950), and who is not a white person or a native as defined in section one of that Act.”.

Amendment of section 4 of Act 53 of 1955.

5. Section four of the principal Act is hereby amended―

(a)		by the substitution in sub-section (2) for the expression “Representation of Natives Act, 1936” of the expression “Separate Representation of Voters Act, 1951”;
(b)		by the substitution for sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) of the following sub-sections: “(3) The election of senators shall take place according to the principle of proportional representation, each voter having one transferable vote. (4) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the method of voting and of transferring and counting votes and the duties of returning officers in connection with any such election.”.

Standing committees.

6. The Senate may from time to time establish standing committees for various matters as it may deem fit, and any Minister of State or deputy of a Minister of State may at any time with due regard to the rules of the Senate, move that any matter be referred to such a committee for investigation and report.

Announcing of legislation intended to be introduced in Senate.

7. The Prime Minister or any Minister of State acting on his behalf shall at the commencement of each session and may from time to time during the course of any session of Parliament as circumstances may require, make known what bills are to be introduced in the Senate during that session.

Transition provisions.

8. (1) Any person holding office as a senator at the commencement of this Act, shall continue to hold such office as if this Act had not been passed.

(2) A vacancy in the Senate as constituted immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, shall not be filled, irrespective of whether such vacancy occurred before the said commencement or occurs thereafter.

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