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Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
To give effect to the right to fair labour
practices referred to in section 23(1) of the Constitution by
establishing and making provision for the regulation of basic
conditions of employment; and thereby to comply with
the obligations of the Republic as a member state of the
International Labour Organisation; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
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Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act 11 of 2002
To
amend the Basic Conditions of
Employment Act, 1997.
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Bills of
Exchange Amendment Act 56 of 2000
To
amend the Bills of Exchange Act, 1964, so as to provide
for—the clarification of certain provisions; the protection
of users; the accommodation of technological advancements;
and the reduction of the incidence of fraud: and to provide
for matters incidental thereto.
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Competition Act 89 of
1998
To
provide for the establishment of a Competition Commission
responsible for the investigation, control and evaluation of
restrictive practices, abuse of dominant position, and
mergers; and for the establishment of a Competition Tribunal
responsible to adjudicate such matters; and for the
establishment of a Competition Appeal Court; and for related
matters.
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Competition
Amendment Act 35 of 1999
To
amend the Competition Act, 1998, so as to close an existing
loophole in respect of merger control; to determine the
status and validity period of a ministerial notice; to make
pre-merger notification compulsory in certain instances; to
make provision for certiin matters on appeal; to provide for
certain transitional arrangements; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
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Counterfeit
Goods Act 37 of 1997
To
introduce measures aimed against the trade in counterfeit
goods so as to further protect owners of trade marks,
copyright and certain marks under the Merchandise Marks Act
1941, against the unlawful application, to goods, of the
subject matter of their respective intellectual property
rights and against the release of goods of that nature
(called “counterfeit goods”) into the channels of commerce.
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Criminal
Procedure Act 51 of 1977
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Debt Collectors
Act114 of 1998
The object of this Act is to make provision
for the establishment of a Council for Debt Collectors to
exercise control over the occupation of debt collector. Debt
collectors will have to register at the Council before they
are allowed to engage in the occupation of debt collecting
and will be subject to a strict disciplinary and ethical
code.
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Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002
To
provide for the facilitation and regulation of electronic
communications and transactions; to provide for the
development
of
a national e-strategy for the Republic; to promote universal
access to electronic communications and transactions and the
use of electronic transactions by SMMEs; to provide for human
resource development in electronic transactions; to prevent
abuse of information systems; to encourage the useof
e-government services; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
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Extradition Amendment Act 77 of 1996
The South African Law Reform Commission, in its report
"International Co‑operation in Criminal Prosecutions",
undertook a comprehensive study regarding the issue of
international co-operation in criminal prosecutions. The
report is divided into five topics namely -
(i) obtaining evidence from foreign states;
(ii) supplying evidence to foreign states;
(iii) transferring the proceeds of crime;
(iv) the execution of foreign penal orders and sentences;
and
(v) extradition.
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Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001
To
establish a Financial Intelligence Centre and a Money
Laundering Advisory Council in order to combat money
laundering activities; to impose certain duties on
institutions and other persons who might be used for money
laundering purposes; to amend the Prevention of Organised
Crime Act, 1998, and the Promotion of Access to Information
Act,
2000; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
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Insider Trading
Act 135 of 1998
To
prohibit individuals who have inside information relating to
securities or financial instruments from dealing in such
securities or financial instruments; to provide for criminal
and civil law penalties for such dealing; to empower the
Financial Services Board to investigate matters relating to
such dealing, to institute proceedings in relation thereto
and to administer the proof of claims and distribution of
payments received as a result of any such proceedings;
to establish the Directorate as a committee of the Financial
Services Board for exercising the power to institute
proceedings; to repeal a section of the Companies Act, 1973;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Amendment
Act 77 of 1995
The principal Act provides that only judges discharged
from active service could be designated to authorise the
interception of articles and to monitor conversations in
terms of the principal Act. Because of problems in practice,
namely that it was not always possible to find “retired”
judges to carry out this function, the definition of
“"judge"” was extended to include judges still in active
service.
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International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act 75 of 1996
This Act, which emanates from an investigation by the South
African Law Reform Commission, provides for international
co-operation in criminal matters with foreign states in
respect of the provision of evidence, the execution of
sentences and compensatory orders, and the enforcement of
confiscation and restraint orders.
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Investigation of Serious Economic Offences Amendment
Act 46 of 1995
The Act amended section 6 of the principal Act to bring its
investigation, search and seizure provisions in line with the
previous Constitution.
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National Prosecuting Authority Act 32 of 1998
The Act makes provision for the establishing of a National
Prosecuting Authority in accordance with the provisions of
section 179 of the new Constitution. Provision is made, among
others, for the appointment of a National Director of Public
Prosecutions and Directors of Public Prosecutions, and for
their conditions of employment and those of public
prosecutors.
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National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act 61 of 2000
The Act amends the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998
(Act 32 of 1998), so as to make provision for the
establishment of the Directorate of Special Operations and
for the existing Investigating Directorates to become part of
the Directorate of Special Operations. The Act also amends
the Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act, 1992 (Act
127 of 1992), so as to make provision for applications for
directions in terms of that Act by the head of the
Directorate of Special Operations.
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Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004
The Act, among others, aims to provide for the strengthening
of measures to prevent and combat corruption and corrupt
activities; the establishment and endorsement of a Register
in order to place certain restrictions on persons and
enterprises convicted of corrupt activities relating to
tenders and contracts; and to place a duty on certain persons
holding a position of authority to report certain corrupt
transactions.
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Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998
This Act is aimed at giving the police and prosecutors new
powers to help them deal effectively with organised crime.
The Act, amongst others, creates a new offence of
participating in the affairs of any criminal organisation. It
also allows the State to seize assets used to commit crimes
or which are the proceeds of crime through a civil action and
it criminalises certain activities of street gangs, such as
the recruitment of members.
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Prevention of Organised Crime Amendment Act 24 of 1999
The Act amends the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998,
so as to effect certain textual improvements and to further
regulate the Criminal Assets Recovery Account.
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Prevention of Organised Crime Second Amendment Act 38 of 1999
The above Act amended the principal Act in order to ensure
that the provisions of the Act will be applicable in respect
of proceeds of crime, and property used in the commission of
an offence, where such crime or offence occurred before the
commencement of the principal Act. The enactment of this
legislation was required as a consequence of conflicting High
Court judgments in this regard.
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Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001
To provide for the regulation of the private security
industry; for that purpose to establish a
regulatory authority; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
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Proceeds
of Crime Act 76 of 1996
The Act provides for the restraint and
confiscation of the proceeds of crime, and established a
number of money laundering offences. (Date of
commencement: 16 May 1997).
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Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000
Section 32 of the Constitution
deals with the right of access to information and provides
that everyone has the right of access to any information held
by the State, and any information that is held by another
person and that is required for the exercise or protection of
any rights. The Act gives effect to section 32 of the new
Constitution subject to justifiable limitations, including
but not limited to, limitations aimed at the reasonable
protection of privacy, commercial confidentiality and
effective, efficient and good governance and in a manner
which balances the right of access to information with any
other rights including the rights in the Bill of Rights in
Chapter 2 of the Constitution. The Act establishes voluntary
and mandatory mechanisms or procedures to give effect to that
right in a manner which enables persons to obtain access to
records of public and private bodies as swiftly,
inexpensively and effortlessly as reasonable possible. The
Act also promotes transparency, accountability and effective
governance of all public and private bodies by empowering and
educating everyone to understand their rights in terms of the
Act, to understand the functions and operation of public
bodies and to effectively scrutinise, and participate in,
decision-making by public bodies that affects their rights.
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Promotion of
Access to Information Amendment Act 54 of 2002
The Act addresses a possible area of unconstitutionality in
the principal Act, namely the designation of presiding
officers by the Minister. This is intended to enhance the
independence of the judiciary. The Act also ensures that
members of the judiciary at the lower court level who preside
in cases emanating from the application of the principal Act,
receive adequate training on the principal Act, the content
of which is developed by members of the judiciary.
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Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000
This Act is derived from Part 5 (whistleblower protection) of
the Open Democracy Bill [B67 —- 98], which Part was omitted
from that Bill to be dealt with as a separate Act. The Act
makes provision for procedures in terms of which employees in
both the public and private sector may disclose information
regarding unlawful or irregular conduct by their employers or
other employees. The Act provides for the protection of
employees from being subjected to an occupational detriment
on account of having made a disclosure which is protected in
terms of the Act.
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Public
Finance Management Act 1 of 1999
To
regulate financial management in the national government; to
ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities
of that government are managed efficiently and effectively;
to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with
financial management in that government; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
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Public Finance Management Amendment Act 29 of 1999
To
amend the Public Finance Nlanagement Act, 1999, to provide
for the application of that Act to provincial governments;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Public
Protector Act 23 of 1994
The Act arises from the provisions of Chapter 8 of the
previous Constitution, in terms of which the office of Public
Protector is established. The previous Constitution envisaged
an Act of Parliament which prescribes the remuneration and
other terms and conditions of employment of the Public
Protector, determines the immunities, privileges, powers and
functions of the Public Protector and his of her staff and
regulates the appointment of such staff and incidental
matters.
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Public Protector Amendment Act 113 of 1998
The aim of this Act is to bring the Public Protector Act,
1994, into line with the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa, 1996, and to make provision for the appointment
of a deputy Public Protector.
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Public
Protector Amendment Act 22 of 2003
This Act makes provision for the appointment of a Deputy
Public Protector.
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Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of
Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002
To regulate the interception of certain communications, the
monitoring of certain signals and radio frequency spectrums
and the provision of certain communication-related
information; to regulate the making of applications for, and
the issuing of, directions authorising the interception of
communications and the provision
of communication-related
information under certain circumstances...
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Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act 74 of
1996
The principal object of this Act is to provide a mechanism
through which allegations of serious corruption,
maladministration or misappropriation of state funds and
assets can be comprehensively and swiftly investigated, and
at the same time, through which remedial steps, which would
ordinarily have to be pursued through the courts of law, can
be taken expeditiously and cost-effectively.
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Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Amendment
Act 2 of 2001
The Act amends the Special Investigating Units and Special
Tribunals Act, 1996, so as to bring the appointment of the
Head of a Special Investigating Unit into line with a
judgment of the Constitutional Court. Provision is also made
for the President to appoint a person as Acting Head of a
Special Investigating Unit in the absence of the Head of a
Special Investigating Unit.
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Witness Protection and Services Act 112 of 1998
The object of this Act is to provide for the protection of
witnesses through the institution of witness protection
programmes which will be administered by a central Office for
Witness Protection.
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