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Act No. 49 of 1958.

Act

To amend the South Africa Act, 1909.

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(Afrikaans text signed by the Governor-General.)
(Assented to 26th September, 1958.)

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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:―

Amendment of section 14 of South Africa Act, 1909, as amended by section 1 of Act 34 of 1925, section 1 of Act 17 of 1933, sefction 1 of Act 13 of 1938, and section 1 of Act 39 of 1950.

1. Section fourteen of the South Africa Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended―

(a)

by the substitution in sub-section (1) for the word “fourteen” of the word “sixteen”; and

(b)

by the addition of the following sub-sections:

“(3)  (a)

The Governor-General may appoint so many persons as he may consider necessary to hold office during his pleasure as deputies to any Minister of State in his capacity as the officer appointed to administer any particular department of State, and any such deputy may

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