Portal:Acts of the Parliament of South Africa

“ It is hereby declared that the Instrument of Abdication executed by His Majesty King Edward the Eighth on the tenth day of December, 1936, and a copy of which is set forth in the Schedule to this Act has, and has had, effect from the date thereof; that the accession to the Throne of King George the Sixth, as the member of the Royal family next in succession to the Throne, took effect from such date and that everything done thereafter by His Majesty, or the Governor-General as his representative, in accordance with law, is and has always been of full force and effect. ”

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