1.   Some would-be immigrants have intricate schemes for getting false papers, including paying tribal chiefs in rural areas to make false certifications of who their parents are.

2.   The shift was needed to clear up discrepancies in how chiefs were paid, Meyer said.

3.   This would have allowed central government to pay tribal chiefs, a power presently held by provincial governments.

4.   Meyer said the legislation passed by the national parliament did not prevent provincial governments paying the chiefs under their jurisdiction.

5.   The amendment also allows for the enactment of legislation that will give central government the power to pay tribal chiefs.