Commonwealth Relations (Temporary Provision) Act
14 UNION GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 30m MAY, 1961.·
Continued operation of certain laws affecting Commonwealth countries.
Proclamations to be tabled in Parliament.
Application of Act in South-West Africa.
Short title.
No. 41, 1961.]
ACT To provide for the continued operation of certain laws affecting · · Commonwealth countries and for matters incidental' thereto. c ; (English text signed by the Officer Administering the Government.)
(Assented to 26th May, 1961.)
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 operation of any provision of any law in force in the Union or the territory of South-West Africa immediately prior to the thirty-first day of May, 1961, in which reference is made to Commonwealth countries or any particular Common- wealth country, shall not be affected by reason of the establish- ment of the Republic of South Africa or of the fact that the · Republic is not a member of the Commonwealth: Provided that the Governor-General may by proclamation in the Gazette suspend or from time to time amend any such provision in so far as reference is made therein to any particular Common- wealth country, either expressly or by way of a reference to CoJllll1onwealth countries generally, if in his · opinion any corresponding law which was in force in that Commonwealth country on the date mentioned has been amended or repealed or has ceased to operate in so far as the .Republic of South Africa is concerned.
2. (1) The Minister charged with the administration of any law in respect of which any proclamation is issued under section one, shall lay copies of such proclamation on the Table in the Senate and in the House of Assembly within fourteen days after the publication thereof if Parliament is in session, or, if Parliament is not in session, within fourteen days after the commenc~ment of its next ensuing session.
(2) Every such proclamation shall cease to have the force of law thirty days after it has been so laid upon the Table unless before that date it has been approved by resolution of the Senate and of the House of Assembly.
3. This Act shall apply also in the territory of South-West Africa, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel referred to in section three of the South-West Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1951 (Act No. 55 of 1951).
4. This Act shall be called the Commonwealth Relations (Temporary Provision) Act, 1961.
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