# Provincial Government Act, 1961/1987-04-01

This is the text of the Provincial Government Act, 1961, as at 1 April 1987, that being the date on which the financial provisions of the Provincial Government Act, 1986, came into force.
Act
To provide for provincial councils and their powers and the administration of provincial matters, and for matters connected therewith.
as amended by
Provincial Executive Committees Act, No. 28 of 1962 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 65 of 1962 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 9 of 1963 Provincial Councils and Executive Committees Act, No. 22 of 1963 Coloured Persons Education Act, No. 47 of 1963 Provincial Executive Committees Act, No. 64 of 1963 Indians Education Act, No. 61 of 1965 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 83 of 1965 Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 102 of 1965 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 37 of 1966 Second Finance Act, No. 58 of 1966 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 9 of 1967 Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, No. 50 of 1968 Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 79 of 1968 Powers and Privileges of Provincial Councils Amendment Act, No. 37 of 1969 General Law Amendment Act, No. 101 of 1969 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 1 of 1971 Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 93 of 1971 Provincial Finance and Audit Act, No. 18 of 1972 Provincial Affairs Act, No. 61 of 1972 General Law Amendment Act, No. 102 of 1972 Constitution and Elections Amendment Act, No. 79 of 1973 General Law Amendment Act, No. 62 of 1973 Parliamentary Service Act, No. 33 of 1974 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 48 of 1974 Second Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 77 of 1974 Exchequer and Audit Act, No. 66 of 1975 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 60 of 1976 Financial Relations Act, No. 65 of 1976 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 30 of 1977 Proclamation No. R. 249 of 1977 Second Black Laws Amendment Act, No. 102 of 1978 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 99 of 1979 Pension Laws Amendment Act, No. 100 of 1979 Republic of South Africa Constitution Third Amendment Act, No. 28 of 1980 Republic of South Africa Constitution Second Amendment Act, No. 31 of 1980 Railways and Harbours Acts Amendment Act, No. 67 of 1980 Republic of South Africa Constitution Amendment Act, No. 70 of 1980 Republic of South Africa Constitution Fourth Amendment Act, No. 74 of 1980 Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Act, No. 101 of 1980 Republic of South Africa Constitution Amendment Act, No. 40 of 1981 Republic of South Africa Constitution Second Amendment Act, No. 101 of 1981 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 99 of 1982 Provincial Affairs Act, No. 88 of 1983 Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, No. 110 of 1983 Constitution Amendment Act, No. 105 of 1984 Constitutional Affairs Amendment Act, No. 104 of 1985 Provincial Government Act, No. 69 of 1986
Part VI.
The Provinces.
Powers of Provincial Councils.
84. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Financial Relations Act, 1976 (Act No. 65 of 1976), and the assent of the State President as hereinafter provided, and except in so far as the provisions of Part IV of the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1983, have under section 98 (3) (a) of the last-mentioned Act been declared to apply to any ordinance or other law of the province, a provincial council may make ordinances in relation to matters coming within the following classes of subjects, namely—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(i)
(ii)
(fA)
(fB)
(fC)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(2) An ordinance passed by a provincial council in relation to any matter referred to in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) may provide―
(a)
(b)