III.  Afrika.  963  152.  Transvaal.

(2.)  Provided  that  any  person  authorized  by  law  to  make  a  solemn  affirmation
or  declaration  instead  of  taking  an  oath,  may  make  such  affirmation  or  declaration
in  lieu  of  such  oath.

XXIX.  All  questions  in  the  Legislative  Council  or  Legislative  Assembly  shall
be  determined  by  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  Members  present,  other  than  the  President,
  Speaker,  or  presiding  Member,  who  shall,  however,  have  and  exercise  a  casting
vote  in  case  of  an  equality  of  votes.

XXX.  If  any  Member  of  the  Legislative  Council  or  Legislative  Assembly
shall  —

(1.)  Fail  for  a  whole  ordinary  annual  Session  to  give  his  attendance  in  the
Legislative  Council  or  Legislative  Assembly;  or

(2)  Shall  take  any  oath,  or  make  any  declaration  or  acknowledgment  of
allegiance,  obedience,  or  adherence  to  any  foreign  State  or  Power;  or

(3.)  Shall  do,  concur  in,  or  adopt  any  act  whereby  he  may  become  the  subject
or  citizen  of  any  such  State  or  Power;  or

(4.)  Shall  become  an  insolvent  or  take  advantage  of  any  Law  for  the  relief
of  insolvent  debtors;  or

(5.)  Shall  be  a  public  defaulter,  or  be  attainted  of  treason,  or  be  sentenced
to  imprisonment  for  any  infamous  crime;  or

(6.)  Shall  become  of  unsound  mind;  or

(7.)  Shall  accept  any  office  of  profit  under  the  Crown  other  than  that  of  a
Minister,  or  that  of  an  officer  of  Our  naval  and  military  forces  on  retired  or  half-pay;

His  seat  shall  become  vacant,  and  if  any  person  under  any  of  the  disqualifications
  herein  mentioned  shall,  whilst  so  disqualified,  knowingly  sit  or  vote  as  &amp;
member  of  the  said  Council  or  Assembly,  such  person  shall  forfeit  the  sum  of  one
hundred  pounds,  to  be  recovered  by  the  Attorney-General  for  the  benefit  of  the
Treasury  by  action  in  the  Supreme  Court:

Provided  that  a  person  in  receipt  of  pension  from  the  Crown  shall  not  be  deemed
to  hold  an  office  of  profit  under  the  Crown  within  the  meaning  of  this  section.

XXXI.—(1.)  The  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly  in  their  first
Session,  and  from  time  to  time  afterwards  as  there  shall  be  occasion,  shall  each
adopt  Standing  Rules  and  Orders,  joint  as  well  as  otherwise,  for  the  regulation  and
orderly  conduct  of  their  proceedings  and  the  despatch  of  business,  and  for  the  order
in  which  the  said  Council  and  Assembly  shall  confer,  correspond,  and  communicate
with  each  other,  and  for  the  passing,  intituling,  and  numbering  of  Bills,  and  for  the
presentation  of  the  same  to  the  Governor  for  Our  assent.

(2.)  All  such  Rules  and  Orders  shall  by  the  said  Council  and  Assembly  respectively
  be  laid  before  the  Governor  in  Council,  and  being  by  him  approved  shall
become  binding  and  of  force.

(3.)  Provided  that  the  Standing  Rules  and  Orders  of  the  Legislative  Council
a8  now  subsisting  shall,  until  altered,  added  to,  or  amended,  be  the  Standing  Rules

and  Orders  of  the  Legislative  Council  and  of  the  Legislative  Assembly.
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