4. Proclamation of Union. 5. Commencement of Act. 6. Incorporation of Colonies into the Union. 8. 9. III. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT. Executive power. Governor-General. 10. Salary of Governor-General. 11. Application of Act to Governor-General. 12. Executive Council. 13. 14. Meaning of Governor-General in Council. 15. Appointment and removal of officers. 16. Transfer of executive powers to Governor-General in Council. 17. Command of naval and military forces. 18. Seat of Government. 24. Original constitution of Senate. 25. Subsequent constitution of Senate. 26. Qualifications of senators. 27. Appointment and tenure of office of President. 28. Deputy President. 38. Commission for delimitation of electoral divisions. 39. Electoral divisions. 40. 41. 42. Method of dividing provinces into electoral divisions. Powers and duties of commission for delimiting 43. Date from which alteration of electoral divisions to take effect. 44. Qualifications of members of House of Assembly. Duration. 45. 46. Appointment and tenure of office of Speaker. 47. Deputy Speaker. 48. Resignation of members. 49. Quorum. 50. Voting in House of Assembly. Both Houses of Parliament. 51. Oath or affirmation of allegiance. 52. Member of either House disqualified for being member of the other House. 53. Disqualifications for being a member of either House. 54. Vacation of seats. 55. Penalty for sitting or voting when disqualified. Allowances of members. 57. Privileges of Houses of Parliament. 58. Rules of procedure. Powers of Parliament. 59. Powers of Parliament. 60. Money Bills. 61. Appropriation Bills. 62. Recommendation of money votes. 63. Disagreements between the two Houses. 64. Royal Assent to Bills. 68. Appointment and tenure of office of provincial administrators. 69. Salaries of administrators. Provincial Councils. 70. Constitution of provincial councils. 71. Qualification of provincial councillors. 72. Application of sections 53 to 55 to provincial councillors. 73. Tenure of office by provincial councillors. 74. Sessions of provincial councils. 75. Chairman of provincial councils. 76. Allowances of provincial councillors. 78. Executive Committees. Provincial executive committees. 79. Right of administrator, &c. to take part in proceedings of provincial council. 80. Powers of provincial executive committees. 81. Transfer of powers to provincial executive commit tees. 82. Voting in executive committees. 83. Tenure of office by members of executive committees. 84. Power of administrator to act on behalf of GovernorGeneral in Council. Powers of Provincial Councils. 85. Powers of provincial councils. 86. Effect of provincial ordinances. 87. Recommendations to Parliament. 88. Power to deal with matters proper to be dealt with by private Bill legislation. 89. Constitution of provincial revenue fund. 90. Assent to provincial ordinances. 91. Effect and enrolment of ordinances. Section. Miscellaneous. 92. Audit of provincial accounts. 93. Continuation of powers of divisional and municipal councils. 94. Seats of Provincial Government. VI. THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA. 95. Constitution of Supreme Court. 96. Appellate Division of Supreme Court. 97. Filling of temporary vacancies in Appellate Division. 98. Constitution of provincial and local divisions of Supreme Court. 99. Continuation in office of existing judges. 100. Appointment and remuneration of judges. 101. Tenure of office by judges. 102. Reduction in number of judges. 103. Appeals to Appellate Division. 104. Existing appeals. 105. Appeals from inferior courts to provincial divisions. 106. Provisions as to appeals to the King in Council. 107. Rules of procedure in Appellate Division. 108. Rules of procedure in provincial and local divisions. 109. Place of sittings of Appellate Division. 110. Quorum for hearing appeals. 111. Jurisdiction of Appellate Division. 112. Execution of processes of provincial divisions. 113. Transfer of suits from one provincial or local divi sion to another. 114. Registrar and officers of Appellate Division. 115. Advocates and attorneys. 116. Pending suits. VII.-FINANCE AND RAILWAYS. 117. Constitution of Consolidated Revenue Fund and Railway and Harbour Fund. 118. Commission of inquiry into financial relations between Union and provinces. 119. Security for existing public debts. 120. Requirements for withdrawal of money from funds. 121. Transfer of colonial property to the Union. 122. Crown lands, &c. 123. Mines and minerals. 124. Assumption by Union of colonial debts. 125. Ports, harbours, and railways. Section. 126. Constitution of Harbour and Railway Board. 127. Administration of railways, ports, and harbours. 128. Establishment of fund for maintaining uniformity of railway rates. 129. Management of railway and harbour balances. 130. Construction of harbour and railway works. 131. Making good of deficiencies in Railway Fund in certain cases. 132. Controller and Auditor-General. 133. Compensation of colonial capitals for diminution of prosperity. VIII.-GENERAL. 134. Method of voting for senators, &c. 137. Equality of English and Dutch languages. 139. Administration of justice. 140. Existing officers. 141. Reorganisation of public departments. 142. Public service commission. 143. Pensions of existing officers. 144. Tenure of office of existing officers. 145. Existing officers not to be dismissed for ignorance of English or Dutch. 146. Compensation to existing officers who are not retained. 147. Administration of native affairs, &c. 148. Devolution on Union of rights and obligations under conventions. 149. IX.-NEW PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. Alteration of boundaries of provinces. 150. Power to admit into Union territories administered by British South Africa Company. 151. Power to transfer to Union government of native territories. X.-AMENDMENT OF ACT. 152. Amendment of Act. SCHEDULE. |