South Africa Act Amendment.
Act No. 9 of 1955.
Act
To amend the South Africa Act, 1909, and to make further provision in regard to the use of the official languages of the Union.
(English text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 18th March, 1955.)
Be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:―
1. The following section is hereby inserted in the South Africa Act, 1909, after section one hundred and thirty-seven:
| “Equality of use of official languages by provincial councils and local authorities. | 137bis. All records, journals and proceedings of a provincial council shall be kept in both the official languages, and all draft ordinances, ordinances and notices of public importance or interest issued by a provincial administration, and all notices issued and all regulations or by-laws made by any institution or body contemplated in paragraph (vi) of section eighty-five, shall be in both official languages.”. |
2. (1) No regulation or by-law of any institution or body contemplated in paragraph (vi) of section eighty-five of the South Africa Act, 1909, made prior to the date of commencement of this Act in only one of the official languages of the Union shall be of any force or effect after the thirty-first day of March, 1956, unless it has been duly published in both the official languages or a translation thereof has at any time prior
