LibGuides: Safety and Security (Policing): Government Publication: Policy Documents & Acts

White Paper

Criminal sentences amendment bill 1952 explanatory memorandum 1952 1

Bill to amend criminal sentences amendment bill explanatory memorandum 1952 2

Criminal procedure amendment bill explanatory memorandum 1958 1

Memorandum to Joint Standing Commiittee on Finance re: 1995/1996 budget of the civilian intelligence services 1995 57

White paper on the organization and functions of the South African police 1990
Intelligence white paper 1995
White Paper on Safety and Security 1998
The White Paper provides the means of realising our vision of improving the safety of our citizens
White paper on safety and security 1999-2004
Draft White Paper on Police 2015
Draft White Paper on Safety and Security White Paper on Police 2015
Civilian Secretary for Police Service Act White Papaer on Policing GG 41082
Civialian Secretary for Police 2016
ANNEXURE A - Crime and Violence Prevention Approaches
2016 White Paper on Safety and Security
ANNEXURE B – Demographic Statistics of South Africa
ANNEXURE C - Analysis of Risk Groups and Factors in South Africa
ANNEXURE D – Legislative and policy framework impacting on the White Paper on Safety and Security
ANNEXURE E – Legal Framework for Role of National, Provincial and Local Government

Draft Bill

Intelligence Services control amendment bill 2002 (Gazette 23889 30-09-2002)

Publication of Security Services bill 2004 (Gazette 26684 18-08-2004)

Firearms control amendment bill 2005 (Gazette 28545 24-02-2006)

National Ports authority bill 5 2003
To provide for the establishment of the National Ports Authority; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
Draft prevention of illegal eviction from and unlawful occupation of land amendment bill 2003
To amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Ac1t,9 98 so
as to amend certain definitions; to qualify the applicatoiof nth e Act; to prohibit the arrangement
or organisation of occupation of land and buildings without the owner's consent; to amend
certain provisions relatingto the prohibition of receipt or solicitationo f consideration in respect
of unlawful occupationo f land and buildings; to create offences and penaltiesf or contravention
Second hand goods bill 2 2008
To regulate the business of pawnbrokers and dealers in second hand goods, to limit the trade in stolen goods, to promote ethical standards in the second-hand goods trade, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Draft second hand goods bill 2005
To regulate the business of pawnbrokers and dealers in second-hand goods, to
limit the trade in stolen goods, to promote ethical standards in the second-hand
goods trade, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Prevention of illegal eviction from and unlawful occupation of land amendment bill 2006
To amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, 1998 so
as to amend and include certain definitions; to qualify the application of the Act; to amplify the
provisions relating to the prohibition of certain acts and to create offences in that regard; to
better regulate the granting of a court order for eviction; to amend the procedures for the
eviction of unlawful occupiers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Cross border road transport amendment bill 2006
To amend the Cross-Border Road Transport Act No.4 of 1998, so as to insert a
Table of Contents; to amend and insert certain definitions; to authorise the
Cross-Border Road Transport Agency to levy and collect tolls on behalf of the
South African National Roads Agency Ltd; to simplify the procedures for
appointment of Board members; to amend the appointment procedures of
certain staff members of the Board; to further regulate the granting of permits;
to provide for transfo
Firearms control amendment
To amend the Firearms Control act, 2000, so as to amend, insert and delete certain definitions, to provide for the control of silencers, to delet the restrictions that a member of an accredited hunting association and accredited sports-shooting organization is by definition excluded from being an occasional hunter or occational sports person, as the case may be, to provide for the Registrar to determine the sufficiency of the set of fingerprints an applicant must from time to time provide...
Correctional services amendment bill 2007
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1998, so as to insert, substitute
amend or delete certain definitions; to make further provision for the manner
in which prisoners are detained; and for the manner in which correctional
centres are to be managed; to authorise the Minister of Correctional Services
to determine, under certain conditions, the period before a prisoner may be
placed on parole; to make further provision for matters relating to Correctional
Supervision and
Transport law enforcement and related matters general amendment bill 2008
General law amendment bill 2008
To amend the South African Police Service Act, 1995, in order to-
(a) enhance the investigative capacity of the South African Police
Service in relation to organised and serious crime by establishing
a Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation to combat those
crimes;
(b) transfer the investigative capacity and operational powers of the
Directorate of Special Operations, established in terms of the
National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998, to the South African
P
General Intelligence law amendment bill 2000
21329 30-06-2000
Draft Dangerous weapons bill 2011
Gazette 34579 02-09-2011
Special investigation and special tribunals amendment bill 2013
Gazette 36567 14-06-2013
Criminal law (sexual offences and related matters) amendment act amendment bill 2013
Gazette 36645 09-07-2013
General intelligence laws amendment bill 25 2011

Bill

Arms and Ammunition amendment bill 7 1995

Arms, Ammunition and armament laws transitional regulation bill 10 1995

Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction bill 23 1996

Security Officers amendment bill 54 1996

Proceeds of Crime bill 60 1996

Safety matters rationalisation bill 74 1996

International co-operation in criminal matters bill 75 1996

Special investigating units and special tribunals bill 76 1996

Safe Deposit of Securities Amendment bill 89 1996

Criminal procedure amendment bill 99 1996

Criminal procedure second amendment bill 101 1996

Internal peace institutions act repeal bill 18 1995

Promotion of national unity and reconciliation bill 30 1995

Committee of members of parliament on and inspectors general of intelligence amendment bill 36 1995

Emergency bill 40 1995

Investigation of serious economic offences amendment bill 50 1995

South African Police Service bill 52 1995

Criminal Procedure amendment bill 53 1995

Funds for victims of crime bill 59 1995

Criminal Procedur second amendment bill 67 1995

Promotion of national unity and reconciliation amendment bill 95 1995

Human Rights Commission bill 8 1994

Intelligence Services bill 27 1994

National strategic intelligence bill 28 1994

Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence Bill 29 1994

Promotion of national unity and reconcilliation bill 60 1994

Armaments development and production amendment bill 29 1993

Secret Services Amendtment bill 16 1993

Police Amendment bill 19 1993

Societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals bill 87 1993

Prevention of family voilence bill 114 1993

Criminal matters amendment bill 116 1993

National emergency telephone service bill 143 1993

Police second amendment bill 146 1993

Internal peace institutions amendment bill 154 1993

Police third amendment bill 194 1993

Regulation of gatherings bill 211 1993

Abolition of restriction on free political activity bill 217 1993

Corruption bill 1 1992

Gatherings and demonstrations amendment bill 21 1992

Police amendment bill 23 1992

Criminal law amendment bill 31 1992

Computer evidence amendment bill 32 1992

Gatherings and demonstrations in or near the Union buildings bill 71 1992

Prevention of public violence and intimidation amendment bill 897 1992

Police second amendment bill 123 1992

Internal peace institutions bill 124 1992

Drugs and drug trafficking bill 125 1992

Security Officers Amendment bill 142 1992

Interception and monitoring prohibition bill 145 1992

Secret Services account amendment bill 148 1992

Criminal law second amendment bill 149 1992

Inquests amendment bill 161 1992

Criminal procedure amendment bill 2 1991

Sheriffs amendment bill 3 1991

Inquests amendment bill 32 1991

Protection of animals amendment bill 36 1991

Police amendment bill 69 1991

Police second amendment bill 87 1991

Decrimination bill 115 1991

Further abolition of racially based measures bill 117 1991

Internal Security and Intimidation amendment bill 118 1991

Criminal procedure second amendment bill 123 1991

Investigation of serious economic offences bill 129 1991

Game theft bill 122 1991

Criminal law amendment bill 147 1991

Prevention of public violence and imtimidation bill 148 1991

Dangerous weapons amendment bill 19 1990

Security Officers amendment bill 26 1990

Arms and ammunition acts ammendment bill 129 1992

Arms and ammunition amendment bill 91 1991

Arms amd ammunition amendment bill 27 1990

Stock theft amendment bill 30 1990

Harmful business practices amendment bill 57 1990

Police amendment bill 63 1990

Tribal and community authorities bill 64 1990

Civil Defence amendment bill 67 1990

Inquest amendment bill 68 1990

Criminal law amendment bill 93 1990

Discriminatory legislation regarding public amenities repeal bill 121 1990

Transfer of South African Railways Police force to the South African Police amendment bill 5 1989

Police amendment bill 12 1989

Criminal procedure amendment bill 26 1989

Criminal law and the criminal procedure act amendment bill 36 1989

Police second amendment bill 100 1989

Police third amendment bill 101 1989

Police amendment bill 16 1988

Arms and ammunition bill 25 1988

Criminal Law amendment bill 31 1988

Law of evidence amendment bill 33 1988

Harmful business practices bill 80 1988

Criminal procedure amendment bill 19 1987

Security Officers bill 102 1987

Immorality amendment bill 104 1987

Law of evidence and the criminal procedure act amendment bill 105 1987

Criminal law and the criminal procedure amendment bill 106 1987

Criminal Law amendment bill 119 1987

Police Amendment bill 16 1988

Arms and ammunition amendment bill 25 1988

Criminal law amendment bill 31 1988

Law of evidence amendment bill 33 1988

Civil protection amendment bill 61 1988

Harmful business practices bill 80 1988

Prevention of illegal squatting amendment bill 93 1988

Prevention of illegal squatting amendment bill 123 1988

Arms and ammunition amendment bill 107 of 1996
To amend the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969, in relation to the definitions; to
make different provision in section 8 in relation to the possession of arms with the
consent of licence holders, in certain circumstances and for particular purposes; to
confer upon courts of regional divisions the power to impose certain penalties
which at present exceed their jurisdiction; and to substitute certain outdated words
and expressions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Correctional services amendment bill 99 of 1997
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define or delete certain
expressions; to empower the Minister to contract out prisons to private contractors;
to make provision for the establishment of a Judicial Inspectorate; to provide
for the appointment of an Inspecting Judge and Independent Prison Vkitors; to
empower the Inspecting Judge to establish Vkitors’ Committees; to provide for an
internal service evaluation; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Criminial matters amendment bill 93 of 1997
To amend the Mental Health Act, 1973, so as to furkr regulate periodical
reporting on Lllc nwntat condition of State patients and the detention and discharge
of such patients; to amend the Criminal I’roccdurc Act, 1977, so as to Iurther
regulate the referral of an accused for enquiry into his or her capacity to
understand proceedings or regarding the criminal responsibility of an accused
concerning the offcncc with which hc or she is charged; and to provide lor matters
Prevention of unlawful occupation of land bill 89 of 1997
To provide for the eviction of unlawful occupiers; and to repeal the Prevention of ,
Illegal Squatting Act, 1951, and other obsolete laws; and to provide for matters
incidental thereto.
Criminal procedure second amendment bill 84 of 1997
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to amend the definition of
“aggravating circumstances”; and to further regulate the hearing of bail
applications and the release on, and the cancellation of, bail; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment bill 81 1997
Criminal procedure amendment bill 81A of 1997
Parole and correctional supervision amendment bill 57 of 1997
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define certain expressions
and to delete a definition; to further regulate the powers of institutional
committees; to provide anew for the establishment of parole boards; to further
regulate placement under correctional supervision, on parole and on day parole;
and to further regulate special remission of sentence; to amend the Criminal
Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate correctional supervision; and to
ma
State of emergency bill 52 of 1997
To provide for the declaration of a state of emergency; to empower the President to
make regulations in pursuance of any such declaration; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Criminal law amendment bill 46A of 1997
Counterfeit goods bill 22 of 1997
Harmfull business practices amendment bill 138 of 1998
To amend the Harmful Business Practices Act, 1988, so as to harmonise the Act
with provincial legislation; to amend and insert certain definitions; to reconstitute
and rename the Business Practices Committee; to provide for an executive
committee; to authorise an investigating officer to enter any premises with a search
warrant; to provide for appeals against decisions of competent authorities in the
provinces; to phase out the existing special courts and to replace them with
Refugees bill 135 of 1998
give effect within the Republic of South Africa to the relevant international legal
instruments, principles and standards relating to refugees; to provide for the
reception into South Africa of asylum seekers; to regulate applications for and
recognition of refugee status; to provide for the rights and obligations flowing from
such status; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Insider trading bill 134 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 es
Criminal procedure amendment bill 132 of 1998
TO amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate the custody
and detention of unconvicted persons under the age of 18 years accused of having
committed offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Liquor bill 131 of 1998
To maintain economic unity and essential national S1 andards in the liquor trade
and industry; to regulate the manufacture, distribul ion and sale of liquor on a
uniform basis; to facilitate the entry and empowerm mt of new entrants into the
liquor trade; and to address and prevent the economic and social costs of excessive
alcohol consumption; and to provide for matters comlected therewith.
Witness protection bill 130 of 1998
To provide for the establishment of an Office forthe protection of witnesses; to
regulate the powers, functions and duties of the Director: 05ce for Witness
Protection; to provide for temporary protection pending placement under
protection; to provide for the placement of witnesses and related persons under
protection; to provide for services related to the protection of witnesses and related
persons; to amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to make provision for
Prevention of organised crime bill 118 of 1998
To introduce extra-ordinary measures to combat organised crime and criminal
gang activities; to prohibit certain activities relating to organisations that have
committed certain serious offences; to provide for the civil forfeiture of criminal
assets that have been used to commit an offence or assets that are the proceeds of
crime; to empower the Minister of Justice to establish, after one year of the
commencement of this Act and in consultation with the Minister of Finance,
Domestic violence bill 75 of 1998
To provide for the granting of protection orders with regard to domestic violence;
for an obligation ,to= report c+@ of $~pected ill-treatment of children; that a
husband @n be convicted “oT W“e raPe of his tie; and ‘for matters connected
therewith.
Road traffic laws rationalisation bill 70 of 1998
To extend the application of the Road Tratiic Act, 1989, to. the. whole of the
Republic; to repeal certain laws relating to, road’ t-c ‘applicable only in
particular areas of the Repubqc,in so far as they fail outside the functional areas
mentioned in Schedules 4’ and 5 to the Constitution; to make transitional
arrangements; and to provide for matters comected therewith.
Correctional services bill 65 of 1998
To provide for a correctional system; the establishment, functions and control of
the Department of Correctional Services; the custody of all prisoners under
conditions of human dignity; the rights and obligations of sentenced prisoners; the
rights and obligations of unsentenced prisoners; a system of community corrections;
release from prison and placement under correctional supervision, on day
parole and parole; a National Council for Correctional Services; a Judicial
I
Criminal procedure amendment bill 59 of 1998
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate the detention
of unconvicted young persons accused of having committed offences; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
South African Police service amendment bill 39 of 1998
To amend the South African Police Sernce Act, 1995, so as to provide a framework
for the establishment, functions and control of municipal police services; and to
provide for matters comected therewith.
South African Police Service amendment bill 39B 1998
Prevention of organised crime second amendment bill 41 of 1999
To amend the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998, so as to amend certain
definitions; and to further regulate the exclusion of interests in property; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
Arms and ammunition amendment bill 32 of 1999
To amend the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969, so as to further regulate the
possession of arms with the consent of licence holders; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment bill 7 of 1999
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to abolish the requirement that
certain cases dealt with by a magistrate’s court must be submitted to a High Court
for review; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Conventional arms control bill 50 of 2000
To establish the National Conventional Arms Control Committee; to provide for
control over conventional arms; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
General intelligence law amendment bill 36 of 2000
To amend the Intelligence Services Act, 1994, so as to provide for a retirement age
for members; to regulate Iabour relations and strikes; to restrict former members
of the National Intelligence Agency or South African Secret Service from using
their skills to the detriment of the Agency or Service; to provide for the disposal of
lawfully obtained material; and to delete certain obsolete references and
provisions; to amend the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994, so as
Firearms control bill 34 of 2000
To establish a comprehensive and an effective system of firearms control; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal procedure second amendment bill 45 of 2001
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, to allow a prosecutor and an accused
to enter into a plea and sentence agreement; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment bill 37 2001
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate the
presentation of evidence through an intermediary; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Special investigation units and special tribunals amendment bill 9 of 2001
To amend 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; to empower 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; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Correctional services amendment bill 8 of 2001
Intelligence service bill 58 of 2002
To regulate the establishment, administration, organisation and control of the
National Intelligence Agency, the South African Secret Service and the South
African National Academy of Intelligence; to establish and regulate the Intelligence
Services Council on Conditions of Service; to repeal an Act; and to provide
for matters connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment bill 57 of 2002
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate appeals
against decisions of lower courts; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Intelligence services control amendment bill 50 of 2002
To amend the Intelligence Services Control A1ct9,9 4, so as to define an expression
and to amend certain definitions; to reregulate the oversight functionosf the Joint
Standing Committee on Intelligence; to provide that only one Inspector- oGf eneral
Intelligence may be appointed and to reregulate the functions of the Inspector-
General; to provide for the appointment of personnel to the office of the
Inspector-General; to extend the powoefr t he Minister to make regulations;
Prevention of corruption bill 19 of 2002
To provide anew for the prevention of corruption and related offences; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal law ( sexual offences) amendment bill 50 of 2003
To amend the law relating to certain sexual offences; to provide for the amendment
and repeal of certain laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
General Intelligence laws amendment bill 47 of 2003
To amend the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994, so as to empower the
Minister to establish a panel of appeal; to amend the Intelligence Services
Oversight Act, 1994, so as to define certain expressions; and to regulate the
oversight of the Office for Interception Centres; to amend the Intelligence Services
Act, 2002, so as effect certain technical corrections; to empower the Minister to
establish a panel of appeal; and to extend the functions of the Intelligence Servi
Firearms control amendment bill 28 of 2003
To amend the Firearms Control Act, 2000, so as to change certain technical
expressions and to delete or amend certain definitions; to provide for the deletion
and insertion of certain lexical expressions; to exclude forms prescribed under the
said Act from forming part of the regulations; to provide for apprenticeship to a
gunsmith; to empower the Minister to prescribe measures in terms of which the
public may be notified that certain premises are declared firearm-free zones;
Anti-terrorism bill 12 of 2003
To give effect within the Republic to the relevant international instruments relating
to terrorism; to provide for offences relating to terrorist acts; and for measures
designed to combat terrorism; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Prevention and combating of corrupt activities bill 19D of 2004
To provide for the strengthening of measures to prevent and combat corruption
and corrupt activities; to provide foorf ftehnec e of corruption ando ffences relating
to corrupt activities; to provide for investigative measiunr reess pect of corruption
and related corrupt activitietso; provide for the establishment and endorsemoef nt
a Register in order to place certain restrictions on persons and enterprises
convicted of corrupt activities relating to tenders and contracts; to
Prohibition of Mercenary activities and prohibition and regulation of certain activities in areas of armed conflict bill 42 of 2005
TO prohibit mercenary activity; to prohibit, subject to exceptions, the provision of
assistance or service of a military, security or other nature in an area of armed
conflict; to prohibit, subject to exceptions, the enlistment of South African citizens
or permanent residents in foreign armed forces; to regulate the provision of
humanitarian aid in an area of armed conflict; to provide for extra-territorial
jurisdiction for the courts of the Republic with regard to certain of
Prevention of illegal eviction from and unlawful occupation of land amendment bill 11 of 2005
amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of
Land Act, 1998, so as to amend a certain definition; to qualify the application of the
Act; to amplify the provisions relating to the prohibition of certain acts and to
create an offence in that regard; to amend the procedures for the eviction of
unlawful occupiers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Firearms control amendment bill 12D of 2006
National conventional control amendment bill 45 of 2008
To amend the National Conventional Arms Control Act, 2002, so as to alter certain
definitions and to insert others; to ensure proper compliance and accountability in
trade and possession in controlled items; to expand the functions of the National
Conventional Arms Control Committee relating to the regulation of assistance or
service in a country of armed conflict; to provide for matters connected with the
work and conduct of the Committee and its secretariat; and to provide
Criminal procedure amendment bill 42D of 2008
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, to provide for the postponement of
certain criminal proceedings against an accused person in custody awaiting trial
through audiovisual link; to further regulate the falling away of certain convictions
as previous convictions after the expiry of a fixed period; to provide for the
expungement of criminal records of certain persons in respect of whom certain
sentences have been imposed after the compliance with certain requirements and
Intelligence services amendment bill 37of 2008
To amend the Intelligence Services Act, 2002, so as to insert certain definitions; to
provide for the establishment of the National Communications Centre; to remove
the requirements of a training fund for the Academy; and to grant members the
right to retire from the Intelligence Services or the Academy on or after the date on
which they reach the age of 55 years; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
South African Police Services Amendment bill 30D of 2008
To amend the South African Police Service Act, 1995, in order to—
Second hand goods bill 2F of 2008
To regulate the business of dealers in second-hand goods and pawnbrokers, in
order to combat trade in stolen goods; to promote ethical standards in the
second-hand goods trade; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal law (Forensic procedure) amendment bill 2B of 2009
To amend the Criminal ProcedurAe ct, 1977, so as to provide for the compulsory
taking of fingerprints of certain categorieso f persons; to provide for the takinogf
fingerprints and body-prints for investigative purposes; to further provifdoer the
retention of fingerprints and body-prints taken under thAec t; to further regulate
the destruction of fingerprints taken under the Act; to further regulate proof of
certain facts by affidavit or certificate; to amend the South Africa
Correctional matters amendment bill 41 of 2010
To repeal provisions establishing an incarceration framework introduced by the
Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2008; to amend the Correctional Services
Act, 1998, so as to amend a definition and insert new definitions; to provide for a
new medical parole system; to clarify certain provisions relating to parole; to
provide for the management and detention of remand detainees; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment bill 39 of 2010
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to substitute and align the
provisions relating to the use of force in effecting arrest of a suspect with a
judgment of the Constitutional Court; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Civilian Secretarial for Police Services Bill 16B if 2010
To provide for the establishment of a Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service in
the Republic; to define the objects, functions and powers of the Civilian
Secretariat, and for this purpose to align the operations of the Civilian Secretariat
in the national and provincial spheres of government and reorganise the Civilian
Secretariat into an effective and efficient organ of state; to regulate the
appointment, duties and functions, powers and removal from office of the
S
Independent police investigative directorate bill 15B of 2010
To make provision for the establishment of an Independent Police Investigative
Directorate and to regulate the functions of the Directorate, to provide for the
establishment of a Management Committee and Consultative Forum and their
respective functions; to provide for the appointment and powers of investigators;
to provide for reporting obligations and cooperation by members of the South
African Police Service and Municipal Police Services; to provide for transitional
ar
Prevention and combating of trafficking in persons bill 7 of 2010
To give effect to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, especiallyWomen and Children, Supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, 2000; to provide for
an offence of trafficking in persons and other offences associated with trafficking in
persons; to prevent and combat the trafficking in persons within or across the
borders of the Republic; to provide for measures to protect and assist victims
Protection from harassment bill 1 of 2010
To provide for the issuing of protection orders against harassment; to amend the
Criminal Procedure Act, 1955, so as to provide for an increase of the amount which
may be fixed by a magistrate in respect of a recognisance as security to keep the
peace; to effect consequential amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977; to
amend the Domestic Violence Act, 1998, so as to provide a mechanism to subpoena
witnesses to attend proceedings in terms of that Act; to effect conseque
Security Officers Amendment bill
Bill 25 A Portfolion committee amendment to Security officers amendment bill http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/bills/1997/b25a-97.pdf
Bill 25 B Security Officers amendment bill http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/bills/1997/b25b-97.pdf
South African Police Service amendment bill 41 1997
Criminal Law amendment bill 46 1997
Bill 46 A http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/bills/1997/b46a-97.pdf
Bill 46 B http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/bills/1997/b46b-97.pdf
Bill 46 C http://www.polity.org.za/polity/govdocs/bills/1997/b46c-97.pdf
Crimianl procedure second amendment bill 84 1997
Explosives amendment bill 91 1997
Sheriffs amendment bill 2 1998
Witness protection and services bill 9 1998
National strategic intelligence amendment bill 35 1998
Portfolio committee amendment to the National strategic intelligence amendment bill 35 1998
Portfolio committee amendment to South African Police amendment bill 39A
South African Police Service Second amendment bill 61 1998
Prevention of Organised crime amendment bill 2 1999
Portfolio committee amendment to prevention of organised crime amendment bill 2A 19999
Prevention of organised crime amendment bill 2B 1999
Intelligence service control amendment bill 46 1999
Security Industry regulation bill 12 2001
International criminal court bill 42 2001
Criminal procedure second amendment bill 45 2001
Interception and monitoring bill 50 2001
Financial advisory and intermediary services bill 52 2001
Private security industry levies bill 11 2002
Explosives bill 43 2002
Intelligence services control amendment bill 50 2002
National strategic intelligence amendment bill 51 2002
Intelligence services bill 58 2002
Securities services bill 19 2004
Prohibition or restriction of certain conventional weapon bill 7 2007
Criminal law (sentencing) amendment bill 15 2007
National strategic intelligence amendment bill 38 2008
National conventional arms control amendment bill 45 2008
Criminal procedure amendment bill 39 2010
Criminal law (sexual offences and related matters) amendment act amendment bill 19 2012
Prevention and combating of torture of persons bill 21 2012
Criminal procedure amendment bill 26 2012
Private security industry regulation amendment bill 27 2012
Dangerous weapons bill 37 2012
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill 2017
Memorandum on the Objects ofd the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorists and Related Activities Amendment Bill 2021

Bills

Statutes Cape of Good Hope

Abolition of Confiscation of Property of Criminals 10 August 1778 (p.9)

Duties of Sheriff Ordinance 37 1825

Criminal Procedure Ordinance 401825

Expenses of Witnesses in Criminal Cases Ordinance 59 1825-1834

Expenses of Witnesses in Criminal Cases in Cape Town Ordinance 69 1825-1834

Law of Evidence Ordinance 72 1825-1834

Amendment of Criminal Procedure Ordinance 73 1825-1834

Sales by Auction without License by Sheriff's and Master's Messengers and Market Masters Ordinance 92 1825/1834

Apprehension of Deserters Ordinance 98 1825-1834

Prevention of Discharge of Fire-arms in Table Bay Ordinance 100 1825-1834

Regulation of the Trade in Gun-powde Ordinance 7 1834

Prevention of Crimes against Life and Property Ordinance 2 1837

Declaration of the stage of procedute at which Criminal Suits shall be deemed to be pending in Supreme and Circuit Courts Ordinance 7 1837

Cape Town Executive Police Ordinance 2 1840

Police Superannuation Fund Ordinance 1 1844

Amendment of Law of Evidence Ordinance 14 1846

Improvement of Police of the Colony Ordinance 25 1847

Imprisonment of Criminals not under Mutiny Act, sentenced by Courts-Martial Ordinance 4 1851

Prosecution of Crimes in Districts where there are no resident Clerks of the Peace Ordinance 8 1852

Regulation for one year of the dealing in Gunpowder, Fire-arms and Lead Ordinance 2 1853

An Act to regulate, til the expiration of the year 1855 the dealings in Gunpowder, Fireamrms and Lead Act 5 1854

Act for abating public nuisances and other mischiefs of a public nature in certain towns and villages no being Municipalities Act 2 1855

Act for the better organization and regulation of and Armed and Mounted Police Force upon the Fronties of this Colony Act 3 1855

Act to regulate, till the expiration of the year 1856 the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 7 1855

Act to regulate, till the expiration of the year 1857 the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 19 1856

Act for the better securing the efficiency of the Armed and Mounted Police Forse upon the Frontier of this Colony Act 21 1856

Act for promoting the Formation of Volunteer Corps Act 25 1856

Act for regulating the Payment of the expenses of field-cornets and other Public Officers attending to give evidence in certain criminal cases Act 4 1857

Act to regulate till the expiration of the year 1858, the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 14 1857

Act for enabling Municipalities to obtain additional Police by contributing towards the expense thereof Act 14 1857

Act for more effectually preventing Kafirs from entering the Colony withou Passes Act 23 1857

Act for preventing Colonial Fingoes and certain other subjects of Her Majesty, from being mistaken for Kafirs and thereby harassed and aggrieved Act 24 1857

Act to provide for the Imprisonment in this Colony of certain criminals sentenced in British Kaffraria Act 25 1857

Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others, delivering in this Colony, to Kafirs resident therein messages dangerous to the public peace Act 26 1857

Act to regulate, till the expiration of the year 1859, the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 8 1858

Act to fix the amount to be contributed by the Municipality of Cape Town towards the expense of the Executive Police of Cape Town Act 22 1858

Act to regulate the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 5 1859

Act to prevent bribery, treating, and undue influence at elections of members of Parliament Act 21 1959

Act to prevent the introduction into the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, of convicted felons and other persons sentenced to transportation for offences against the Law Act 1 1860

Act for abolishing the offices of Judge and Superintendent of Police of Cape Town, and Deputy Superintendent of Police of Cape Town Act 11 1860

Act for increasing the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Resident Magistrates in Criminal Cases in which the Persons accused admit their guilt Act 12 1860

Act for creating a body of Water Police at the Port of Cape Town, and for altering, in certain respects the Scale of fees now payable at the Shipping office in Cape Town Act 13 1860

Act to regulate, till the expiration of the Year 1861, the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 20 1860

Act for preventing unauthorized persons from granting to Kafirs or other Native Foreigners from being harboured on the premises of persons who do not employ such Kafirs or othe Native Foreigners Act 23 1860

Act for continuing the Act No. 26 1857 entitled "An Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland and others delivering in this Colony to Kafirs resident therein, messages to the public peace Act 24 1860

Act for improving the administration of criminal justice Act 3 1861

Act for ammending the Law of Evidence Act 4 1861

Act to regulate till the expiration of the year 1862 the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 12 1861

Act for continuing the Act No. 26 1857 entitled "An Act for Punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others delivering in this Colony, to Kafirs resident therein, messages dangerous to the public peace Act 13 1862

Act to regulate till the expiration of the year 1863 the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 14 1862

Act to provide for the imprisonment in this Colony certain Criminals sentenced in British Kaffraria Act 2 1863

Act for continuing the Act No. 26 1857, "An Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others, delivering in this Colony, to Kafirs residents therein messages dangerous to the public peace Act 5 1863

Act to regulate till the expiration of the year 1864, the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Lead Act 6 1863

Act to amend the Criminal Law amendment act 1861 and for other purposes Act 15 1864

Act for the better repression of theft of sheep and cattle Act 16 1864
Act to regulate the dealing in Gunpowder, Firearms and Leac Act 28 1864

Act for continuing the act no. 26. 1897, "An Act for punishing Emissaries from Kafirland, and others delivering in this colony, to Kafirs resident therein, messages dangerous to the Public Peace Act 29 1864

Act to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1853 relative to the issuing of licences and permits for the puchase of Gunpowder, Firearms and to extend the operation of section 2 of the Act No. 14 of 1857 Act 15 1866

Act to amend the Act No. 3 of 1861, entitled "An act for improving the administration of Criminal Justice Act 7 1867

Act to amend the Ordinance No. 25 of 1847 entitled "An Ordinance for improving the Police of the Colony Act 8 1867

An Act to amend the Law relating to the trial and punishment of criminals for theft and for receiving stolen goods, knowing the same to have been stolen Act 9 1867

Act to exempt from tolls officers and ment ot the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police Act 3 1868

Act for the Organization and regulation of a Police Force for the Northern Border of the Colony Act 29 1868

Act for regulating the execution of capital punishment Act 3 1869

Act to make better provision for the punishment of juvenile offenders convicted in courts of resident magistrates Act 21 1869

Act to regulate the apprehension within this colony of deserters from Her Majesty's Land Forces Act 1 1870

Act for facilitating the apprehension of certain offenders escaping to this Colony from any place within the territories of dominions of the South African Republic and Orange Free State Ace 19 1872

Act for enabling the several divisions of this Colony to obtain a Force or Additional Force of Police by contributing towards the expenses thereof Act 8 1873

Act to provide for the imprisonment in the Colony of certain criminals sentenced in the Colony of Natal Act 3 1874

Act to amend the law relating to the superannuation allowance to Police Officers Act 12 1874

Act to amend the law relating to attesting witnesses Act 16 1874

Act to amend criminal law Act 17 1874

Act to further facilitate the apprhension in this Colony of certain persons who have committed crimes in the Colony of Natal, in the province of Griqualand West in the Orange Free State, or in the South African Republic Act 29 1874

Act to regulate and provide for the payment of superannuation allowances to members of the frontier armed and mounted Police Force Act 2 1875

Act to amend in certain respects the law regulating the dealing in gunpowder, firearms and lead Act 11 1875

Act to amend the law relating to the frontier armed and mounted police force, and to provide for the greater efficiency of the said force act 14 1875

Act to amend the law relating to pounds and trespasses Act 31 1975

Act to amend the law relating to attesting witnesses Act 22 1876

Act to amend the law relating to dealing in gumpowder and firearms Act 13 1877

Act to provide for the organization of the inhabitants of this colony for the defence thereof Act 7 1978

Act to organize, establish and regulate a force for the better protection of life and property in the Colony to be called "The Cape Mounted Riflemen" Act 9 1878

Act for the regulation of Volunteer Corps Act 10 1878

Act for the better preservation of peace within th colony Act 13 1878

Act to indemnify cetain persons in regard to acts done in carrying out recent military operations against enemies and rebels Act 23 1878

Act to provide for the establishment and management of reformatory institutions for youthful criminals Act 7 1879

Act to provide for the better repression and punishment of theft of stock Act 18 1879

Act to amend the law relating to the sale of firearms and gunpowder Act 29 1879

Act to amend in certain respects Act No. 29 of 1868, being "An Act for the organization and regulation of a Police Force for the Northern Border of the Colony" Act 14 1880

Act for the organization and regulation of a Police Force Act 12 1882

Act to amend the law relating to the extradition of criminals Act 22 1882

Act to provide for the imprisonment in this colony of criminals sentenced in certain territories adjacent by not annexed to this Colony Act 32 1882

Act to provide for the command of the Colonial Forces during any vacancy in the office of Commandant-General and for the amalgamation of the wings of the "Cape Mounted Rifle" Act 24 1883

Act to make further provision for the regulation of Police, and to fix the amount to be contributed by the municipality of Cape Town for Police purposes Act 31 1883

Act to amend the Police offences Act 1882 Act 21 1894

Police Superannuation Act 12 1874

Police Offences Act 27 1882

Juvenile Offenders Act 8 1889

Explosives Act 4 1887

Illegal practices prevention Act 26 1902

Local authorities police contributions exemption Act 32 1902

First offenders Act 10 1906

The trespassers Act 23 1906

Stock and produce theft repression amendment Act 3 1907

Criminal law amendment Act 18 1909

Statute Law of the Transvaal

Appendix to regulations of mounted police and artillery (1884) Law 4 1886

Ammending Law 8 1883 (tariff of fees, stamps, witness expenses, etc.) Law 5 1886

Extradition of Criminals to Cape Colony Law 14 1886

Criminal Procedure Ordinance 5 1864 (Staats-Koerant 29/11/1864)

Criminal Procedure Ordinance 9 1866

Extradiction of Criminals (General) Law 5 1871

Extradiction of Criminals to Cape Colony and Natal Law 1 1873

Trade in Fire-Arms and Ammunition Law 6 1873

Civil and Criminal Procedure Law 1 1874

Powder Magazines Law 1 1875

Treason Law 1 1877

Introduction of Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, of Imperial Paliament Law 7 1880

Transvaal Police Law 20 1880

Extradiction of Criminals, Orange Free State Law 2 1881

Criminal Procedure Law 6 1881

Mounted Police Law 5 1881

Mounted Police and Artillery Law 8 1882

Tariff of fees, stamps, witness expenses, etc. Law 8 1883

Smuggling of rifles and ammunition Law 4 1884

Extradiction of Criminals to Orange Free State Law 5 1885

Law providing penalties for certain offences (intrusion, trespass, housebreaking, etc.) Law 5 1888

Travelling and Personal Expenses for Witnesses in Criminal Cases Law 7 1888

Mounted Artillery and Police Penalties (Discipline Act) Law 2 1889

Witnesses for Orange Free State Law Court Law 2 1890

Stock Thefts Law 4 1891

Bribery of Officials Law 10 1894

Regulation for Mounted Artillery Law 15 1994

Criminal Procedure Law 1 1895

Civil Procedure Law 3 1895

Witnesses to Bechuanaland Law 9 1895

Witnesses to Cape Colony Law 10 1895

Police Law 11 1895

State Artillery Law 1 1896

Explosives Law 27 1896

Immorality Law 2 1897

Immorality Law 23 1898

Amendment of art. 21 of Law 1 1896 (State Artillery) Law 5 1899

Native Commissioners Courts: Punishment of Lega Practitioners Misconducting themselves therein Law 7 1899

Department of Identification of Criminals Law 10 1899

Immorality Law 11 1899

Waste of ammunition prohibited Law 3 1900

Landdrosts, resident justices of the peace, etc., authorised to carry out certain regulations re suspected persons Law 4 1900

Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 13 1902

Withdrawal of Martial Law; Indemnity and peace preservation Ordinance 38 1902

Concentration camps and military structures Ordinance 39 1902

Criminal Procdure Code Ordinance 1 1903

Explosives Law Amendment Ordinace 4 1903

Juvenile offenders removal and apprenticeship Ordinance 45 1903

Immorality Ordinance 46 1903

Law of Evidence Proclamation (amendment) Ordinance 21 1904

Crimes Ordinance 26 1904

Criminal Procedure Amendment Ordinance 47 1904

Explosives Ordinance 4 1905

Prevention of Crimes Ordinanace 20 1905

Neighbouring Colonies Evidence Ordinance 2 1906

Police Regulation Amendment Ordinance 10 1906

Arms and Ammunition Act 10 1907

Criminal Appeals Amendment Act 18 1907

Transvaal Police Act 5 1908

Criminal Law Amendment Act 16 1908

Inquests Act 8 1909

Criminal Law Amendment Act 38 1909

Statutes of Natal

Criminal Law Ordinance 18 1845

Evidence Ordinance 19 1845

Police Ordinance 5 1846

Evidence Ordinance 14 1846

Criminal Law Ordinance 22 1846

Payment of Witnesses Ordinance 25 1846

Criminal Law Ordinance 18 1856

Gunpowder Ordinance 3 1857

Firearms Ordinace 9 1857

Firearms Ordinance 11 1858

Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 5 1857

Firearms Ordinance 6 1847

Gunpowder Ordinance 3 1848

Gunpowder Ordinance 5 1951

Arrest of Debtors Ordinance 5 1852

Criminal Law Ordinance 5 1855

Gunpowder Law 3 1857

Firearms Law 9 1857

Firearms Law 8 1859

Evidence and Witnesses Law 9 1859

Evidence and Witnesses Law 17 1859

Mounted Police Lae 15 1861

Criminal Law 16 1861

Gunpowder Law 22 1861

Arms and Ammunition Law 8 1862

Arms and Ammunition 11 1862

Arms and Ammunition Law 16 1862

Apprehension of Offenders Law 17 1862

Rifle Associations Law 19 1862

Fraudulent Marks Law 9 1864

Criminal Law 14 1864

Arms and Ammunition Law 12 1863

Gunpowder Law 14 1863

Fraudulent Marks Law 9 1864

Criminal Law 14 1864

Arms and Ammunition Law 12 1865

Witnesses' Expenses Law 33 1865

Gunpowder Law 11 1866

Criminal Law 10 1867

Criminal Law 12 1867

Criminal Law 3 1868

Cattle Stealing Law 4 1868

Witnesses' Expenses Law 9 1868

Criminal Law 4 1869

Cattle Stealing Law 5 1869

Evidence and Witnesses Law 5 1870

Arms and Ammunition Law 22 1872

Police Law 4 1874

Police Lae 5 1876

Arms and Ammunition Law 6 1876

Criminal Law 9 1876

Criminal Law 10 1876

Extradition Laq 6 1877

Explosives Law 7 1877

Witnesses' Expenses Law 10 1877

Police Law 12 1877

Police Law 6 1878

Criminal Law 10 1878

Arms and Ammunition Law 12 1880

Criminal Law 17 1880

Extradiction Law 14 1881

Extradiction Law 13 1882

Explosives Law 15 1883

Inquests (fire) Law 5 1884

Evidence and Witnesses Law 6 1884

Pleading Practice Law 12 1883

Explosives Law 15 1883

Criminal Law 30 1884

Criminal Law 46 1884

Criminal Law 9 1887

Criminal Law 16 1887

Criminal Law 27 1887

Explosives Law 41 1887

Arms and Ammunition Law 42 1887

Witness Allowances Law 13 1888

Police Act 15 1888

Trade marks (Counterfeiting) Law 22 1888

Rape Law 25 1888

Criminal Law 27 1888

Evidence and Witnesses Law 37 1888

Arms and Ammunition Law 40 1888

Trade Marks (Counterfeiting) Law 11 1889

Rape Law 17 1889

Criminal Law 2 1890

Extradition Law 3 1890

Criminal Law 4 1890

Criminal Law 6 1890

Cattle Stealing Law 17 1891

Extradition Law 6 1892

Trespass Law 6 1897

Evidence and Witnesses Law 8 1898

Arms and Ammunition Law 18 1898

Criminal Law 22 1898

Explosives Law 23 1898

Police Law 37 1898

Criminal Law 1 1899

Arms and Ammunition Law 6 1899

Criminal Law 22 1899

Explosives Law 23 1899

Trespass Law 25 1899

Evidence and Witnesses Law 29 1899

Criminal Law 37 1899

Arms and Ammunition Act 4 1901

Arms and Ammunition Act 15 1906

Police Act 30 1901

Criminal Law Act 21 1902

Explosives Act 10 1903

Criminal Law Act 31 1903

Criminal Law Act 1 1904

Criminal Law Act 22 1904

Criminal Law Act 15 1905

Criminal Law Act 41 1905

Arms and Ammunition Act 1 1906

Explosives Act 2 1906

Rifle Associations Act 5 1906

Evidence and Witnesses Act 12 1906

Extradition Act 13 1906

Arms and Ammunition Act 22 1906

Acts

Security Officers Amendment Act 25 1990

Stock Theft Amendment Act 28 1990

Dangerous Weapons Amendment Act 29 1990

Arms and Ammunition Amendment Act 30 1990

Harmful Business Practices Amendment Act 43 1990

Crimiinal Law Amendment Act 107 1990

Inquest amendment Act 45 1990

Police Amendment Act 110 1990

Sheriffs Amendment Act 3 1991

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 5 1991

Protection of Animals Amendment Act 7 1991

Inquests Amendment Act 8 1991

Police Amendment Act 55 1991

Harmful Business Practices Amendment Act 64 1991

Arms and Ammunition Amendment Act 79 1991

Police Second Amendment Act 87 1991

Game theft Act 105 1991

Investigation of Serious Offences Act 117 1991

Criminal Law Amendment Act 135 1991

Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 1991

Prevention of violence and public intimidation Act 139 1991

Armaments development and production amendment Act 46 1992

Diplomatic Immunities and privileges amendment Act 56 1992

Corruption Act 94 1992

Gatherings and Demonstrations in or near the Union Buildings Act 103 1992

Arms and Ammunition Act Amendment Act 117 1992

Police Second Amendment Act 118 1992

Internal Peace Institutions Act 135 1992

Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 140 1992

Internal Peace Institutions Amendment Act 149 1993

Arms and Ammunition Second Amendment Act 177 1993

Decriminalization act 107 1991
Game theft act 105 1991
Police Second Amendment Act 87 of 1991
more...less...
To amend the Police Act, 1958,a~s to define or further define certain erqKesssons
and to delete a definition; to rectify or delete certain outdated references; to
regulate differently the prosecution of a member of the South African Poke who
is accused of eonduct; and to extend the powers of the Minister of Law and
Order to make regulations;a nd to provide for incidentalm atters.
Police amendment act 55 of 1991
more...less...
To amend theP olice Act, 1958, so as to place a prohibition on membeorf st he South
African Police, excluding members of the Police Reserve, with regard to their
membership of or participation or involvement in political parties, other
institutions with political objects and their activities and institutions, councils or
bodies referred to in section 84(l)(j) of the Provincial Government Act, 1961; and
to prohibit members of the Police Reserve while serving in the Force from taking
part in the activities of political parties and other institutionwsi th political objects;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
General law amendment act 139 of 1992
Criminal law second amendment act 126 of 1992
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to delete certain
obsolete expressions; and to extend Part III of Schedule 2; to amend the
Intimidation Act, 1982, so as to provide that an act or conduct which
inspires fear in the observer thereof constitutes the offence of
intimidation if proved that fear was inspired; and to create an additional
offence; to amend the Internal Security Act, 1982, so as to delete the
attorney-general's power to prohibit release on bail or on warning; to
delete the detention of witnesses under warrant issued by the
attorney-general; and to further regulate a certain offence; to provide
that the organizing, training, equipping or arming of members or supporters
of organizations is prohibited in certain cases; to provide that an
attorney-general may issue a certificate in respect of certain offences to
the effect that a special criminal procedure be followed in respect of the
trial of such offences; to grant special powers to a court of law with
regard to the hearing of such offences; to provide for a special plea
procedure in respect of such offences; to provide that a person who has
been arrested on account of the alleged commission of such an offence, may
only on the written authorization of the attorney-general be released on
bail or warning; to provide for the imposition of a prescribed sentence for
the unlawful possession of weaponry in specified instances; and to provide
for the detention of persons in certain cases for interrogation in respect
of certain weaponry; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act 127 1992
Criminal law amendment act 4 of 1992
Secret services amendment act 5 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Secret Services Act, 1978, so as to further regulate the
appointment of members of the Secret Services Evaluation Committee; and to
provide for matters in connection therewith.
Police amendment act 16 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Police Act, 1958, so as to provide for officers or
employees who are in terms of the provisions of the Public Service Act,
1984, appointed in or transferred to the South African Police; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
Armaments development and production amendment Act 31 1993
Documentary evidence from countries in Africa Act 62 1993
Arms and ammunition amendment Act 65 1993
Correctional services amendment act 68 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define
or further define certain expressions and to delete certain
definitions; to regulate the structure of institutional committees
and parole boards; to provide for the utilization of experts who
are not members of the Department; to regulate the promotion and
transfer of members; to provide for the granting of monetary or
other rewards to persons who are not members of the Department 1
but who promote the interests of the Department; to further
regulate the granting and withdrawal of prisoners' privileges; to
regulate the earning of credits by prisoners; to provide for the
recapture of prisoners who were released erroneously; to regulate
disciplinary hearings of prisoners by institutional committees; to
define the powers, functions and duties of correctional boards,
parole boards, institutional committees and the National Advisory
Council on Correctional Services; to regulate the placement of
prisoners on parole; to define the powers of the State President
and the Minister with regard to special releases and remissions of
sentence; to provide for special measures to reduce the prison
population; to regulate the placement on parole or release of
prisoners on medical grounds; to regulate the use of isolation
cells; to authorize the payment of boarding fees by prisoners on
daily parole; to extend the power of the Minister to delegate; to
provide for the regulation of labour relations in the Department;
and to empower the Minister to make regulations regarding the
general administration and management of prisons, the manner in
which certain sentences are to be served and the attendance of
witnesses at Departmental hearings; to amend the Prisons Amendment
Act, 1978, so as to delete obsolete expressions; and to provide
for matters connected therewith.
Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction act 87 of 1993
more...less...
To provide for control over weapons of mass destruction; and the establishment of a Council
to control and manage matters relating to the proliferation of such weapons in the Republic; to
determine its objects and functions; to prescribe the manner in which it is to be managed and
controlled; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Security forces board of inquiry act 95 of 1993
more...less...
To provide for the establishment of a Security Forces Board of Inquiry to
inquire into any allegation that an offence has been committed by a member
of the Security Forces; to regulate the powers, functions and duties of the
said Board; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal matters amendment Act 116 1993
Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 1993
Correctional services second amendment act 135 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to adjust a
definition and to entrust to the Commissioner certain administrative
functions previously entrusted to the Minister; to amend the Public Service
Labour Relations Act, 1993, so as to make its provisions applicable to the
Department of Correctional Services; and to provide for matters incidental
thereto.
Police second amendment Act 136 1993
Dangerous weapons amendment Act 156 1993
Correctional services third amendment act 173 of 1993
Explosives amendment Act 178 1993
Police third amendment act 183 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Police Act, 1958, so as to further regulate the suspension
of members of the Force; and to empower the Minister of Law and Order to
make regulations with regard to the transfer of members of municipal police
units to other posts in the Force; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Police Third Amendment Act 183 1993
General law sixth amendment act 204 of 1993
more...less...
To amend the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, so as to further regulate property
exempt from execution; to amend the Aviation Act, 1962, so atso make
provision for a prohibition of the conveyance of certain drugs and animal
products in aircraft; to amend the Maintenance Act, 1963, so as to further
regulate witness expenses payable to certain persons; to amend the Gambling
Act, 1965, so as to define the expression "opportunity to play a further
game"; to amend the Mental Health Act, 1973, so as to redefine "Minister"; to
further regulate the discharge of State patients and the termination of their
detention; and to amend or repeal certain o utdated provisions; to amend the
Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate the taking of evidence
by a judge, regional magistrate or magistrate; to amend the Attorneys Act,
1979, so as to raise certain fines; to amend the Legal Successiotno the South
African Transport Services Act, 1989, so as to rectify an incorrect reference;
to amend the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 1989, so
as to further regulate the gratuity payable to judges after discharge from
active service; to amend the Air Services Licensing Act, 1990, so as to
further regulate the making of regulations; to amend the Abolition of Racially
Based Land Measures Act, 1991, so as to provide that a proclamation may be
made with retrospective effect; to provide for the appointment and powers of
committees; and to make other provision in respect of the removal of certain
racially based restrictions in the laws of self -governing territories; to
amend the Magistrates Act, 1993, so as to further regulate hte pension
benefits of magistrates; to amend the Security Forces Board of Inquiry Act,
1993, so as to provide for the appointment of acting members on the Security
Forces Board of Inquiry; to amend the Technikons Act, 1993, so as to rectify
an incorrect reference; to provide for the grant of vacation leave and the
resignation of civil servants for the purposes of an election in terms of the
Electoral Act, 1993; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Regulations of Gatherings Act 205 1993
Correctional services amendment act 17 of 1994
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to further regulate the
detention of unconvicted young persons and women; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Intelligence services act 38 of 1994
more...less...
To regulate the establishment, organisation and control of the National
Intelligence Agency and the South African Secret Service; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
National strategic intelligence act 39 of 1994
more...less...
To define the functions of members of the National Intelligence Structures;
to stablish a National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee and to define its
functions in respect of intelligence relating to the security of the
Republic; and to provide for the appointment of a Co-ordinator for
Intelligence as chairperson of National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee,
and to define his or her functions; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Committee of Members of Parliament on and Inspectors General on Intelligence Act 40 1994
Human rights commission act 54 of 1994
more...less...
To regulate matters incidental to the establishment of the Human Rights
Commission by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993; and to
provide for matters connected therewith
Arms and Ammunition Amendment Act 7 1995
Arms, ammunition and armament laws transitional regulation Act 8 1995
Arms, ammunition and Armaments Laws transitional regulation act 10 of 1995
more...less...
To repeal certain laws relating to arms, ammunition and armament applying in
the various areas in the national territory of the Republic; and to introduce
certain transitional arrangements necessary for the uniform application of the
Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969, in the whole of the national territory of the
Republic; and to provide for incidental matters.
Internal Peace Institution Act Repeal Act 28 1995
Committee of Members of Parliament on and Inspectors General of Intelligence Amendment Act 31 1995
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 1995
Investigation of serious economic offences amendment act 46 of 1995
more...less...
To amend the Investigation of Serious Economic Offences Act, 1991, so as to provide anew for the entering upon premises by the Director: Office for Serious Economic Offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction amendment act 50 of 1995
more...less...
To amend the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act,
1993, so as to make provision for the appointment of a vicechairperson
to the South African Council for the Non-Proliferation
of Weapons of Mass Destruction; to make further provision for the
delegation of certain powers and duties; and to delete an obsolete
provision; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
South African Police services act 68 of 1995
more...less...
To provide for the establishment, organisation, regulation and control of the
South African Police Service; and to provide for matters in connection
therewith.
Arms and ammunition amendment act 70 of 1995
more...less...
To amend the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969, in order to regulate anew the granting of indemnity in respect of the unlawful possession of arms, ammunition and armament which are surrendered to the State; and to provide for incidental matters.
Criminal procedure second amendment act 75 of 1995
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate the
detention of arrested persons; to make provision for accused persons to be
entitled to be released on bail in certain circumstances to give a court a
discretion to postpone bail proceedings in certain circumstances; to empower a
court to, in respect of certain serious offences, order the accused to satisfy
the court that the interests of justice do not require his or her detention in
custody; to empower the attorney-general to appeal against the decision of a
court to release an accused on bail and the imposition of bail conditions; to
set out the factors which should be taken into account in considering bail; to
further regulate bail proceedings; to revoke the power of an attorney-general
to prevent the granting of bail in certain cases; to render the non-appearance
of persons who are on bail in certain cases and the non-compliance of bail
conditions punishable; to further regulate the cancellation of bail; to empower
a superior court to consider the granting of bail after the refusal of such an
application in a magistrate's court where an accused is standing trial in the
superior court; and to make the bail-related provisions in the Criminal
Procedure Act, 1977, as amended, applicable in the whole of the national
territory; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Amendment Act 77 1995
State of emergency act 86 of 1995
more...less...
To provide for the declaration of a state of emergency; to empower the
President to make regulations in consequence of such a declaration; and to
provide for incidental matters.
Correctional services amendment act 14 of 1996
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to make provision for certain extraordinary interim measures in respect of the detention of unconvicted young persons accused of having committed certain serious offences; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction amendment act 59 of 1996
more...less...
To amend the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993, so
as to make provision for the representation of the Department of Trade and
Industry in the South African Council for Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass
Destruction; and to render punishable any contravention of, or any failure to
comply with, the provisions of a certain notice or the conditions of a certain
permit; and to make provision for matters connected therewith.
Security Officers Amendment Act 64 1996
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Act 72 1996
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act 74 1996
International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act 75 1996
Proceeds of Crime Act 76 1996
Extradiction Amendment Act 77 1996
Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act 85 1996
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 86 1996
Safety Matters Rationalisation Act 90 1996
Safety matters rationalisation act 91 of 1996
more...less...
To provide for the rationalisation of certain laws relating to explosives,
internal security, intimidation and the regulation of gatherings; to that end
to amend certain laws relating to those matters; to repeal certain laws
relating to those matters which apply in the former national territories of
the
former entities of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei; to extend the
operation of certain laws of the Republic relating to those matters to the
whole of the national territory of the Republic, including the former national
territories of the said entities; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Amendment Act 18 1997
Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act 33 1997
Counterfeit goods act 37 of 1997
more...less...
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 Merchandue
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;
for that purposeto
prohibit certain acts in relation to counterfeit goods as well as the possession
of counterfeit goods in certain circumstances;
to create offences in that regard and prescribe penalties in relation thereto;
to confer, in certain circumstances, upon inspectors and certain members of
the South African Police Service the power, upon having obtained a warran~
or upon being otherwise authorised by or in terms of this ACG to enter
premises and there to search for, and, if found, to seize and removq counterfeit
goods or suspected counterfeit goods for detention pending the finalisation of
civil or criminal proceedings to be instituted or any other disposal thereof
authorised by or in terms of the Act;
to provide that the Commissioner for Customs and Excise and his or her statf,
upon having granted an application to that end by the owner of an intellectual
property righ~ will have the power to seize and detain counterfeit goods or
suspected counterfeit goods imported into or entering the Republic during a
particular period and calculated to infringe that intellectual property nghc
and to provide for incidental matters.
State of emergency act 64 of 1997
more...less...
To pro~ide for the declaration of a state of emergency; to empower the President to
make regulations in pursuance of any such declaration; and to provide for matters
connected therewith
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 76 1997
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Second Amendment Act 84 1997
Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Act 85 1997
Parole and correctional supervision amendment act 87 of 1997
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define certain expressions
and to delete a definition; to further regulate the powers of institutional
committees; to provide anew for the establishment of parole boards; to further
regulate placement under correctional supervision, on parole and on day parole;
and to further regulate special remission of sentence; to amend the Criminal
Procedure Act, 1977, so as to further regulate correctional supervision; and to
make provision that a court sentencing an offender to a period of imprisonment
may fix a non-parole-period; and to provide for matters in connection therewith.
Correctional services amendment act 102 of 1997
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define or delete certain
expressions; to empower the Minister to contract out prisons to private contractors;
to make provision for the establishment of a Judicial Inspectorate; to provide
for the appointment of an Inspecting Judge and Independent Prison Vkitors; to
empower the Inspecting Judge to establish Vkitors’ Committees; to provide for an
internal service evaluation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Security Officers Amendment Act 104 1997
Criminal law amendment act 105 of 1997
more...less...
To make provision for the setting aside of all sentences of death in accordance with
law and their substitution by lawful punishments; to amend certain laws so as to
repeal provisions relating to capital punishment; to provide for minimum
sentences for certain serious offences; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
National Strategic Intelligence Amendment Act 37 1998
Road traffic laws rationalisation act 47 of 1998
more...less...
To extend the application of the Road Traffic Act, 1989, to the whole of the
Republic; to repeal certain laws relating to road traffic applicable only in
particular areas of the Republic in so far as they fall outside the functional areas
mentioned in Schedules 4 and 5 to the Constitution; to make transitional
arrangements; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal Matters Amendment Act 68 1998
Sheriffs Amendment Act 74 1998
Correctional services act 111 of 1998
Witness protection act 112 of 1998
more...less...
To provide for the establishment of an Office for the protection of witnesses; to
regulate the powers, functions and duties of the Director: Office for Witness
Protection; to provide for temporary protection pending placement under
protection; to provide for the placement of witnesses and related persons under
protection; to provide for services related to the protection of witnesses and related
persons; to amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to make provision for
witness services at courts; and to provide for incidental matters.
Public protector amendment act 113 of 1998
more...less...
To amend the Public Protector Act, 1994, so as to bring it into line with the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Domestic violence act 116 of 1998
more...less...
To provide for the issuing of protection orders with regard to domestic violence; and for matters connected therewith.
Prevention of organised crime act 121 of 1998
more...less...
To introduce measures to combat organised crime, money laundering and criminal
gang activities; to prohibit certain activities relating to racketeering activities; to
provide for the prohibition of money laundering and for an obligation to report
certain information; to criminalise certiin activities associated with gangs; to
provide for the recovery of the proceeds of unlawful activity; for the civil forfeiture
of criminal assets that have been used to commit an offence or assets that are the
proceeds of unlawful activity; to provide for the establishment of a Criminal Assets
Recovery Account; to amend the Drugs and Drug ~afficking Act, 1992; to amend
the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act, 1996; to repeal the
Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996; to incorporate the provisions contiined in the
Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Administrative adjudication of road traffic offences amendment act 22 of 1999
more...less...
To amend the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998, so as
to substitute the definition of “issuing authority”; to further regulate the execution
of warrants; to make further provision for the service of documents; to further
regulate the apportionment of penalties; to repeal section 6 of the Finance and
Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act, 1977; and to provide for incidental
matters.
Harmful business practices amendment act 23 of 1999
more...less...
To amend the Harmful Business Practices Act, 1988, so as to harmonise
the Act with provincial legislation; to amend and insert certain
definitions; to reconstitute and rename the Business Practices Committee;
to provide for an executive committee; to authorise an investigating
officer to enter any premises with a search warrant; to provide for appeals
against decisions of competent authorities in the provinces; to phase out
the existing special courts and to replace them with a permanent special
court; to provide for the staying of civil proceedings; to extend the
application of the Act throughout the Republic; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Prevention of organised crime amendment act 24 of 1999
more...less...
To amend the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998, so as to effect certain
textual improvements; to further regulate the Criminal Assets Recovery Account;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Intelligence services control amendment act 42 of 1999
more...less...
To amend the Intelligence Services Control Act, 1994, so as to amend
certain definitions; to alter the procedure for the appointment of members
of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence; to make further provision
for the appointment and conditions of service of the Inspectors-General; to
delete certain obsolete references; and to make further provision for
reports to the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
Firearms control amendment act 43 of 2003
more...less...
To amend the Firearms Control Act, 2000, so as to change certain technical
expressions and to delete or amend certain definitions; to provide for the deletion
and insertion of certain lexical expressions; to provide for apprenticeship to a
gunsmith; to empower the Minister to prescribe measures in terms of which the
public may be notified that certain premises are declared firearm-free zones; and to
provide in the transitional provisions for the continuation of an existing
registration certificate to trade as a gunsmith; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
South African Police Service Amendment Act 83 1998
Insider Trading Act 135 1998
Arms and Ammunition Amendment Act 15 1999
Harmful Business Practices Amendment Act 23 1999
Prevention of Organised Crime Amendment Act 22 1999
Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act 22 1999
Prevention of Organised Crime Second Amendment Act 38 1999
Intelligence Services Control Amendment Act 42 1999

Acts

2000-

Identification Amendment Act 28 2000
General intelligence law amendment act 66 of 2000
more...less...
To amend the Intelligence ServiceAsc t, 1994, so as to provide for a retirement age
for members; to’regulate labour relations and striketso; restrict former members
of the National Intelligence Agency or South African Secret Service from using
their skills to thde etriment of the Agency or Service; to provide for the disposalo f
lawfully obtained material; and to delete certain obsolete references and
provisions; to amend the National Strategif InteIligencAe ct, 1994, so as to further
provide for the power of the Minister to make regulations; and to provide for
matters connected therewith.
Firearms control act 60 of 2000
more...less...
To establish a comprehensive and an effective system of firearms control; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Road traffic management corporation amendment act 25 of 2000
more...less...
To amend the Road Traftlc Management Corporation Act, 1999, so as to regulate
the appointment of the chief executive officer and the managers of functional units;
to empower the Shareholders Committee to determine the requirements for such
appointments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act 24 2000
Administrative adjudication of road traffic offences amendment act 24 of 2000
more...less...
To amend the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998, so as
to regulate the appointment of the registrar, deputy registrars and representations
officers; to effect textual corrections; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Fire Brigade services amendment act 14 of 2000
more...less...
To amend the Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987, so as to amend the definition of
“Minister”; to revise the composition of the Fire Brigade Board; to effect
amendments of a technical nature; and to provide formatters connected therewith.
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Amendment Act 2 2001
Criminal procedure second amendment act 62 of 2001
more...less...
To amend the Criminal ProcedureA ct, 1977, to allow a prosecutor and an accused
to enter into a plea and sentence agreement; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Private security industry regulation act 56 of 2001
more...less...
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.
Counterfeit goods amendment act 25 of 2001
more...less...
To amend the Counterfeit Goods Act, 1997, so as to amend the definition of
"intellectual property right"; to make further provision regarding an
inspector's powers in relation to counterfeit goods; and to effect a
technical correction; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment act 17 of 2001
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977. so as to further regulate the
presentation of evidence through an intermediary; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Special investigating units and special tribunals amendment act 2 of 2001
more...less...
To amend the Special Investigating Units and Special TribuAncatl,s 1996, so as to
bring the appointmento f the Head of a Special Investigating Unit into linew ith a
judgment of the Constitutional Court, to empower the President to appoint a
person as Acting Heado f a Special Investigating Unit in the abseonfc teh e Heado f
a Special Investigating Unit; and to provide for matters connected therewit
Counterfeit Goods Amendment Act 25 2001
Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 2001
Performer's Protection Amendment Act 8 2002
National strategic intelligence amendment act 67 of 2002
more...less...
To amend the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994. so as to exclude the Y -
Minister as a member of Nicoc; to redefine counter-intelligence; to provide for
securit? screening by the relevant memberso f the national intelligence structures;
to further define the functions of the Minister pertaining to co-ordination of
intelligence: and to regulate the functionso f the National Intelligence Structures;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Intelligence service act 65 of 2002
more...less...
To regulate the establishment, administration, organisation and control of the
National Intelligence Agency, the South African Secret Service and the South
African National Academy of Intelligence: to establish and regulate the Intelligence
Services Council on Conditions of Service; to repeal an Act; and to provide
for matters connected therewith
National conventional arms control act 41 of 2002
more...less...
To establish the National Conventional Arms Control Committee; to ensure
compliance with thpe olicy of the Government in respeocf t arms control; to ensure
the implementation of a legitimate, effective and transparent control process; to
foster national and international confidence in the control procedures; to provide
for an Inspectorate to ensure compliwanitche t he provisionso f this Act; to provide
for guidelines and criteria to be used awssheesnsi ng applications for permits made
in terms of this Act; to ensure adherence to international treaties and agreements;
to ensure proper accountability in the trade in conventional arms; to provide for
matters connected with the work and conodf uthcte Committee and its secretariat;
and to provide for matters connected therewith
Implementation of the Rome statute of the international criminal court act 27 of 2002
more...less...
To provide for a framework to ensure the effective implementation of the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court in South Africa; to ensure that South
Africa conforms with its obligations set out in the Statute: to provide for the crime
of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes; to provide for the
prosecution in South African courts of persons accused of having committed the
said crimes in South Africa and beyond the borders of South Africa in certain
circumstances; to provide for the arrest of persons accused of having committed
the said crimes and their surrender to the said Court in certain circumstancetso;
provide for cooperation by South Africa with the said Court; and to provide for
matters connected therewith
Commission for the promotion and protection of the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities act 19 of 2002
Private Security Industry Levies Act 23 2002
Electronic Communications Security (pty) Ltd. Act 68 2002
Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication Related Information Act 70 2002
General intelligence laws amendment act 52 of 2003
more...less...
To amend the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994, so as to empower the
hlinister to establish a panel of appeal; to amend the Intelligence Services
Oversight Act, 1994, so as to define certain expressions; and to regulate the
oversight of the Office for Interception Centres; to amend the Intelligence Services
Act, 2002, so as effect certain technical corrections; to empower the Minister to
establish a panel of appeal; and to extend the functionosf the Intelligence Services
Council; to amend the Electronic Communications Security (Pty) Ltd 2A0c0t2, , so
as to define certain expressions: to extend the compositoiof nth e Board; to restrict
the publication of certain regulations; and to effect certain technical corrections;
and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Firearms control amendment act 43 of 2003
more...less...
To amend the Firearms Control Act, 2000, so as to change certain technical
expressions and to delete or amend certain definitions; to provide for the deletion
and insertion of certain lexical expressions; to provide for apprenticeship to a
gunsmith; to empower the Minister to prescribe measures in terms of which the
public may be notified that certain premises are declared firearm-free zones; and to
provide in the transitional provisions for the continuation of an existing
registration certificate to trade as a gunsmith; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Criminal procedure amendment act 42 of 2003
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Procedure Ac1t9, 77, so as to introducele ave to appeal and
petition procedures in respecto f decisions of lower courts; to provide that certain
appeals against decisions by the lower courts and the High Courts relating to
children may be noted without having to apply for leave to appeal; to provide that
certain appeals must be considered on the written argumeonft the parties; and to
provide for matters connected therewith
Explosives act 15 of 2003
Fireamrms Control Amendment Act 43 2003
Armaments Corporation of South Africa Limited Act 51 2003
South African Social Security Agency Act 9 2004
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act 33 2004
Securities services act 36 of 2004
more...less...
To consolidate and amend the laws relating to the regulation and control of
exchanges and securities trading, the regulation and control of central securities
depositories and the custody and administration of securities, and the prohibition
of insider trading; to provide for the licensing of a clearing house and the approval
of nominees; to provide for a code of conduct for authorised users; and to provide
for matters connected therewith.
Prevention and combating corrupt activities act 12 of 2004
more...less...
To provide for the strengthening of measures to prevent and combat corruption
and corrupta ctivities; to provide for the offence of corruption ando ffences relating
to corrupt activities; to provide for investigative measures in respect of corruption
and related corrupt activities; to provide for 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; tpol ace a duty on
certain persons holding a position of authority to report certain corrupt
transactions; to provide for extraterritorial jurisdictionin respect of the offence of
corruption and offences relating to corrupt activities; and to provide for matters
connected therewith.
Armaments Corporation of South Africa, Limited Amendment Act 16 2005
Firearms Control Amendment Act 28 2006
Criminal law (sentencing) amendment act 38 of 2007
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997, so as to further regulate the
imposition of discretionary minimum sentences for certain serious offences; to give
a regional court jurisdiction to convict and sentence a person found guilty of an
offence referred to in Part I of Schedule 2 to imprisonment for life; to provide that
certain circumstances shall not constitute substantial and compelling circumstances
justifying the imposition of a lesser sentence when a sentence must be
imposed in respect of the offence of rape; to repeal all sections dealing with the
committal of an accused for the purposes of sentencing by a High Court after
conviction in a regional court of an offence referred to in Schedule 2; to amend
Schedule 2 in order to further regulate the offences in respect of which
discretionary minimum sentences are prescribed; to amend the Criminal Procedure
Act, 1977, so as to provide for an automatic right of appeal if a person is
sentenced to life imprisonment by a regional court; to amend the National
Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998, so as to provide for policy directives indicating in
which instances prosecutions in respect of offences referred to in Schedule 2 to the
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997, must be instituted in the High Court as a
court of first instance; to amend the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998, so
as to effect a consequential amendment; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
Criminal law (sexual offences and related matters) amendment act 32 of 2007
more...less...
To comprehensively and extensively review and amend all aspects of the laws and
the implementation of the laws relating to sexual offences, and to deal with all legal
aspects of or relating to sexual offences in a single statute, by—
* repealing the common law offence of rape and replacing it with a new
expanded statutory offence of rape, applicable to all forms of sexual
penetration without consent, irrespective of gender;
* repealing the common law offence of indecent assault and replacing it
with a new statutory offence of sexual assault, applicable to all forms of
sexual violation without consent;
* creating new statutory offences relating to certain compelled acts of
penetration or violation;
* creating new statutory offences, for adults, by criminalising the compelling
or causing the witnessing of certain sexual conduct and certain parts
of the human anatomy, the exposure or display of child pornography and
the engaging of sexual services of an adult;
* repealing the common law offences of incest, bestiality and violation of a
corpse, as far as such violation is of a sexual nature, and enacting
corresponding new statutory offences;
* enacting comprehensive provisions dealing with the creation of certain
new, expanded or amended sexual offences against children and persons
who are mentally disabled, including offences relating to sexual exploitation
or grooming, exposure to or display of pornography and the creation
of child pornography, despite some of the offences being similar to
offences created in respect of adults as the creation of these offences aims
to address the particular vulnerability of children and persons who are -"
mentally disabled in respect of sexual abuse or exploitation;
* eliminating the differentiation drawn between the age of consent for
different consensual sexual acts and providing for special provisions
relating to the prosecution and adjudication of consensual sexual acts
between children older than 12 years but younger than 16 years;
* criminalising any attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit a sexual
offence;
* creating a duty to report sexual offences committed with or against
children or persons who are mentally disabled;
Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Act 11 2008
National Conventional Arms Control Amendment 73 2008
Prohibition or Restriction of Certain Conventional Weapons Act 18 2008
Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Amendment Act 35 2008
Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provisions of Communication Related Information Act 48 2008
Criminal procedure amendment act 65 of 2008
more...less...
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, to provide for the postponement of
certain criminal proceedings against an accused person in custody awaiting trial
through audiovisual link; to further regulate the falling away of certain convictions
as previous convictions after the expiry of a fixed period; to provide for the
expungement of criminal records of certain persons in respect of whom certain
sentences have been imposed after the compliance with certain requirements and
the expiry of a fixed period; to provide for the expungement of certain criminal
records of persons under legislation enacted before the Constitition of the Republic
of South Africa, 1993, took effect; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Correctional services amendment act 25 of 2008
more...less...
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1998, so as to insert, substitute, amend or
delete certain definitions; to make further provision for the manner in which
inmates are detained and the manner in which correctional centres are managed;
to authorise the National Council to determine, under certain conditions, the
period before an offender may be placed on parole; to make further provision for
matters relating to Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards and the Judicial
Inspectorate; to provide for compliance management and monitoring of relevant
prescriptions, a Departmental Investigation Unit and a unit dealing with the
institution of disciplinary procedures; to further regulate matters relating to
officials of the Department of Correctional Services and the powers of the Minister
to make regulations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Second hand goods act 6 of 2009
more...less...
To regulate the business of dealers in second-hand goods and pawnbrokers, in
order to combat trade in stolen goods; to promote ethical standards in the
second-hand goods trade; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Criminal law (Forensic procedures) amendment act 6 of 2010
Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act 1 2011
Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act 2 2011
Protection from harassment Act 17 2011
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and related Matters) Amendment Act 6 2012
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 9 2012
South African Police Service Amendment Act 10 2012
Protection of personal information Act 4 2013
Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act 7 2013
General Intelligence laws amendment Act 11 2013
Prevention of Combating and Torture of Persons Act 13 2013
Dangerous Weapons Act 15 2013
Criminal procedure amendment Act 8 2013
General intelligence laws amendment Act 11 2013
Criminal Law (forensic procedure) amendment Act 37 2013

Orange River Colony Statutes

Sheriffs Ordinance 9 1902

Law of evidence Ordinance 11 1902

Criminal procedure Ordinance 12 1902

Arms and Ammunition Ordinance 15 1902

Police offences Ordinance 21 1902

Railway Police Ordinance 23 1903

Juvenile offenders removal and apprenticeship Ordinance 5 1904

Criminal procedure amendment Ordinance 6 1905

Neighbouring colonies witness interrogatories Ordinance 15 1905

Orange River Colony Police Act 36 1907

Prevention of Crimes Act 29 1909

Police Pension Act 2 1910

Union of South Africa Revised Statutes 1910-1929

Explosives Act 8 1911

Police Act 14 1912

Riotous assemblies and criminal law amendment Act 27 1914

Criminal procedure and evidence Act 31 1917

Prevention of corruption Act 4 1918

Inquests Act 12 1919

Juveniles Act 33 1921

Fugitive criminals (further provision) Act 13 1926

Criminal procedure and evidence act 1917 Act 7 1927

Union of South Africa Statutes 1910-

Explosives Act 8 1911

Habitual Criminals Act 9 1911

Police Act 14 1912

Criminal justice administration Act 40 1914

Criminal procedure and evidence Act 31 1917

Fugitive offenders (occupied territiories) Act 3 1918

Prevention of corruption Act 4 1918

Inquests Act 12 1919

Indemnity and trial of offenders Act 6 1922

Fugitive criminals (further provision) Act 13 1926

Criminal and magistrates' courts procedure (Amendment ) Act 39 1926

Criminal procedure and evidence act 1917 (amendment) Act 7 1926/1927

Children's protection (amendment) Act 9 1931

Extradition Act 8 1936

Police (South West Africa) Act 19 1939

Police and prisons officers pay Act 30 1939

Criminal Procedure amendment Act 37 1948

Explosives amendment Act 32 1951

Police amendment Act 20 1951

Criminal sentences amendment Act 33 1952

Criminal law amendment Act 8 1953

Police (Amendment) Act 17 1953

Criminal Sentences amendment Act 20 1953

Explosives amendment Act 28 1954

Riotous assemblies and suppression of communism amendment Act 15 1954

Criminal Procedure Act 56 1955

Criminal procedure and evidence amendment Act 29 1955

Police amendment Act 15 1955

Arms and Ammuniton amendment Act 2 1956

Explosives Act 26 1956

Official Secrets Act 16 1956

Riotous assemblies Act 17 1956

Arms and ammunitiion amendment Act 2 1956

Police amendment Act4 1957

Witchcraft suppression Act 3 1957

Criminal procedure amendment Act 9 1958

Police Act 7 1958

Police amendment Act 43 1958

Prevention of corruption Act 6 1958

Special criminal courts amendment Act 26 1958

Criminal Law amendment Act 16 1959

Criminal Law further amendment Act 75 1959

Inquests Act 58 1959

Trespass act 6 1959

Unlawful Organizations Act 34 1960

Police amendment Act 53 1961

Evidence Act 14 1962

Explosives amendment Act 79 1962

Extradition act 67 1962

Criminal procedure amendment Act 92 1963

Explosives amendment Act 21 1963

Police amendment Act 64 1964

Tear-gas Act 16 1964

Arms and Ammunition amendment Act 64 1965

Civil proceedings evidence Act 25 1965

Criminal procedure amendment Act 96 1965

Drugs control Act 101 1965

Explosives amendment Act 20 1965

Explosives amendment Act 55 1965

Police amendment Act 74 1965

Explosives amendment Act 12 1967

Indecent or obscene photographic matter Act 37 1967

Police amendment Act 74 1967

Criminal procedure amendment Act 9 1968

Drugs control amendment Act 29 1968

Dangerous weapons Act 71 1968

Arms and ammunition Act 75 1969

Witchcraft suppression amendment Act 50 1970

Police amendment Act 80 1970

Drugs control amendment Act 88 1970

Explosives amendment Act 74 1972

Police amendment Act 94 1972

Stock theft amendment Act 13 1973

Police amendment Act 34 1973

Arms and ammmunition amendment Act 35 1973

Gatherings and demonstrations Act 52 1973

Riotous assemblies amendment Act 30 1974

Criminal procedure amendment Act 32 1974

Police amendment Act 67 1974

Police amendment Act 15 1975

Criminal procedure amendment Act 33 1975

Explosives amendment Act 35 1975

Police amendment Act 34 1976

Parliamentary internal security commission Act 67 1976

Internal Security amendment Act 79 1976

Armaments development and production amendment Act 20 1977

Criminal procedure Act 51 1977

Police amendment Act 90 1977

Explosives amendment Act 101 1977

Armaments development and production amendment Act 5 1978

Police amendment Act 14 1978

Arms and ammunition amendment Act 16 1978

Secret Service account Act 56 1978

Criminal procedure matters amendment Act 79 1978

Criminal procedure amendment Act 56 1979

Police amendment act 64 1979

Inquests amendment Act 62 1979

Police amendment Act 50 1980

Second Police amendment Act 82 1980

Armaments development and production amendment Act 86 1980

Explosives amendment Act 5 1981

Police amendment Act 47 1981

Prevention of corruption amendment Act 43 1982

Police amendment Act 45 1982

Armaments development and production amendment Act 56 1982

Criminal procedure amendment Act 64 1982

Demonstrations in or near court buildings prohibition Act 71 1982

Intimidation Act 72 1982

Internal security Act 74 1982

Arms and ammunition amendment Act 19 1983

Computer evidence Act 57 1983

Explosives amendment Act 18 1983

Indecent and obscene photographic matter Act 72 1983

Police amendment Act 24 1984

Criminal procedure matters amendment Act 109 1984

Police amendment Act 68 1984

Police amendment Act 5 1985

South African Police special account Act 74 1985

Criminal procedure amendment Act 33 1986

Public Safety amendment Act 67 1986

Internal security amendment Act 66 1986

Transfer of the South African Railways Police Force Act 83 1986

Sheriffs Act 90 1986

Stock theft amendment Act 32 1986

Criminal procedure amendment Act 26 1987

Extradition amendment Act 46 1987

Law of evidence and the criminal procedure act amendment Act 103 1987

Security Officers Act 92 1987

Criminal Law amendment Act 1 1988

Harmful business practices Act 71 1988

Police amendment Act 8 1988

Criminal Law and the criminal procedure act amendment Act 39 1989

Criminal procedure amendment Act 8 1989

Police amendment Act 36 1989

Police second amendment Act 75 1989

Police third amendment Act 76 1989

Transfer of the South African Railways Police Force to the South African Police amendment Act 14 1989

Ciskei Acts

Evidence in Criminal proceedings Act 17 1982

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 12 1983

Police Act 32 1983

Police Act 36 1983

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 30 1984

Police Amendment Act 31 1984

Police Amendment Act 21 1985

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 4 1987

Criminal Law Amendment Act 13 1988

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 14 1988

Law of evidence amendment Act 8 1989

Police Amendment Decree Act 13 1990

Criminal Procedure Second Amendment Decree 16 1990

Prevention of the Release on Bail Decree 17 1990

Police Act Second Amendment Decree 25 1990

Repeal of the Prevention of the Release on Bail Decree 30 1990

Criminal Procedure Amendment Proclamation 7 1990

Ciskei Intelligence Service Decree 1 1991

Police Amendment Dercree Correction 13 1991

Documentary Evidence from countrie in Africa Decree 12 1992

Reciprocal Enforcement of Criminal Summonses Decree 13 1992

Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation Decree 17 1992

Confernment of Police Functions and Powers Decree 18 1992

Criminal Procedure Amendment Decree 27 1992

Gauteng Bills & Acts

Gauteng Provincial Road Traffic Act 10 1997

Gazankulu Acts

Gazankulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 7 1979

Police Act 5 1980

Gazankulu Abuse of Dependence Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Act 5 1981

Gazankulu Police Amendment Act 5 1985

Gazankulu Abuse of Dependence Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Act 10 1987

Gazankulu Police Amendment Act 8 1989

Gazankulu Computer Evidence Act 5 1990

Gazankulu Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act 6 1990

Gazankulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 9 1992

Gazankulu Police Amendment Act 8 1993

Kangwane Acts

Kangwane road traffic amendment Act 3 1982

Kangwane road traffic amenment Acte 4 1986

Kangwane Police amendment Act 14 1989

Kangwane civil protection act 18 1989

Kwa Ndebele

Kwa Ndebele Public safety Act 5 1987

Kwa Ndebele Road Traffic Amendment Act 6 1987

Kwa Ndebele Civil Defence 7 1987

Kwa Ndebele Criminal procedure Act 8 1988

Kwa Ndebele traditional hearings of civil and criminal cases by llingwenyama, Amakhosi and Iinduna amendment act 7 1989

Kwa Ndebele Police Act 15 1989

Kwa Ndebele Police Amendment Act 11 991

Kwa Ndebele Police Amendment Act 7 1992

Kwa Ndebele Intimidation Act 13 1992

Kwa Ndebele Corruption Act 14 1992

Kwa Ndebele Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Act 8 1993

KwaZulu-Natal Acts

KwaZulu-Natal Abuse of Dependence producing substances and rehabilitation centre amendment act 12 1979

KwaZulu-Natal Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 14 1979

KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Amendment Act 13 1980

KwaZulu Police Act 14 1980

KwaZulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 23 1980

KwaZulu-Natal Peace Act 3 1995

KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Act 7 1997

KwaZulu Police Amendment Act 11 1981

KwaZulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 11 1982

Prevention of Corruption Amendment Act 9 1983

KwaZulu Criminal Law Amendment Act 17 1983

KwaZulu Civil Defence Act 11 1984

KwaZulu abuse of dependence producing substances and rehabilitation centres amendment Act 6 1987

KwaZulu Police Amendment Act 5 1988

KwaZulu Police Amendment Act 22 1989

KwaZulu trespass amendment Act 6 1991

KwaZulu probation services Act 8 1992

KwaZulu Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 10 1992

KwaZulu abuse of dependence producing substances and rehabilitation centres amendment Act 13 1992

KwaZulu Police Amendment Act 17 1992

KwaZulu Road Traffic Act 18 1992

KwaZulu Criminal Law Amendment Act 25 1992

KwaZulu Intimidation Act 26 1992

KwaZulu Police Amendment Act 21 1993

Lebowa Acts

Lebowa Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 11 1976

Lebowa Police Act 6 1985

Qwaqwa Acts

Qwaqwa Police Act 7 1980

Qwaqwa Traffic Act 8 1980

Qwaqwa Civil Defence Act 12 1983

Qwaqwa Road Traffic Amendment Act 13 1983

Qwaqwa abuse of dependence producing substances and rehabilitation centres amendment act 14 1983

Qwaqwa Police amendment Act 8 1985

Qwaqwa Road Traffic Amendment Act 9 1985

Qwaqwa Civil Protection Amendment Act 8 1988

Qwaqwa Road Traffic Amendment Act 17 1988

Qwaqwa Laws of Evidence Amendment Act 9 1989

Qwaqwa Criminal Law Amendment Act 10 1989

Qwaqwa Computer Evidence Act 7 1990

Qwaqwa Police Amendment Act 11 1990

Qwaqwa Civil Protection Amendment Act 3 1991

Qwaqwa Police Amendment Act 6 1991

Transkei Acts

Transkei Police Act 5 1966

Transkei Road Traffic Amendment Act 5 1968

Transkei Road Traffic Amendment Act 7 1971

Transkei Road Traffic Amendment Act 3 1972

Transkei Police Amendment Act 3 1973

Transkein Road Traffic Amendment Act 3 1974

Transkeian Police Amendment Act 5 1975

Transkeian Road Traffic Amendment Act 7 1975

Transkeian Abuse of Dependence Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Center Amendment Act 3 1976

Transkei Road Traffic Amendment Act 8 1976

Aliens Control Amendment Act 16 1976

Road Traffic Amendment Act 22 1976

Citizenship of Transkei Act 26 1976

Transkei Road Traffic Amendment Act 4 1977

Aliens and Travellers Control Act 29 1977

Prohibition of Prostitution and Related Activities Act 5 1978

Police Act 16 1979Abuse of Dependence Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Act 18 1979

Public Security Further Amendment Act 19 1980

Criminal Law Amendment Act 8 1981

Road Traffic Amendment Act 4 1982

Civil Aviation Offences Act 12 1982

Road Traffic Amendment Act 4 1983

Transkeian Penal Code 9 1983

Road Traffic Amendment Act 4 1983

Aliens and Travellers Control Amendment Act 16 1983

Criminal Procedure Act 13 1983

Road Transportation Amendment Act 8 1983

Transkeian Penal Code 9 1983

Criminal Procedure Act 20 1984

Licences Control Act 12 1985

Licences Control Amendment Act 11 1986

Police Amendment Act 5 1984

Police AmendmentAct 27 1985

Road Traffic Amendment Act 11 1985

Road Traffic Amendment Act 12 1987

Decrees

Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1 1989

Law of Evidence Amendment Decree 10 1989

Further Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 16 1989

Second Further Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 21 1989

Amendment of Transkeian Police Act 1979 Decree 5 1990

Reciprocal Service of Civil Process Decree (Xhosa text) 15 1990

Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Xhosa text) 16 1990

Cross Border Arrests Decree 12 1991

Public Security Amendment Decree (Xhosa text) 14 1991

Dispute Resolution, Peace Structure and Administrative Forum Decree 1 1994

Venda Acts

Venda Police Act 4 1985

Criminal Law Amendment Act 11 1985

Maintenance of Law and Order 13 1985

Explosives Amendment Act 10 1986

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 16 1987

Criminal Prodedure Second Amendment Act 19 1987

Extradition Amendment Act 23 1987

Abuse of Dependence Producing Substances and Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Act 24 1987

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