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Coloured Persons Education Amendment Act, 1976 (No. 29 of 1976)
Act
- to amend the Coloured Persons Education Act, 1963, so as to provide for the establishment of primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools; and
- to provide for incidental matters.
(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 15 March 1976.)
Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- ·
Amendment of section 1 of Act 47 of 1963, as amended by section 1 of Act 76 of 1967 and section 1 of Act 53 of 1973.
1. Section 1 (1) of the Coloured Persons Education Act, 1963, is hereby amended-
(a) by the deletion of the definitions of "high school" and secondary school";
(b) by the insertion after the definition of "home" of the following definition:
"'junior secondary school' means a school for the education of Coloured persons up to and including the seventh standard;";
(c) by the substitution for the definition of "primary school" of the following definition:
"'primary school' means a school for the education of Coloured persons up to and including the fifth standard;"; and
(d) by the insertion . after the definition of "Secretary" of the following definition:
'"senior secondary school' means a school for the education of Coloured persons up to and including the tenth standard;".
Amendment of section 3 of Act 47 of 1963.
2. Section 3 of the Coloured Persons Education Act, 1963, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:
"(a) establish, erect and maintain training-colleges, training schools, senior secondary schools, junior secondary schools, primary schools, agricultural schools, vocational schools, special schools and homes;".
Short title and commencement.
3. This Act shall be called the Coloured Persons Education Amendment Act, 1976, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1976.
Commencement
1 January 1976
