Census Amendment Act 40 of 1968

Census Amendment Act, 1968 (No. 40 of 1968)

Act

• to amend the Census Act, 1957 [repealed in 1976], so as to apply the provisions of the said Act to the territory of South-West Africa, and
• to make provision for matters incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 76 of 1957, as amended by sections 1 and 8 of Act 35 of 1965.

1. Section 1 of the Census Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended-

(a) by the substitution for the definition of "Minister" of the followmg definition:
'"Minister' means the Minister of Planning;";

(b) by the insertion after the definition of "regulation" of the following definition:
'"Republic' includes the territory;"; and

(c) by the insertion after the definition of "supervisor" of the following definition:
"'territory' means the territory of South-West Africa;".

Amendment of section 12 of Act 76 of 1957, as amended by section 5 of Act 35 of 1965.

2. Section 12 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the  substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph: 

"(c) asks, receives or takes from any person, other than an authorized officer of the Government or the administration of the territory, any payment or reward;".

Insertion of section 18A in Act 76 of 1957.

3. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 18:

"Application of Act in territory and repeal of Proclamation No. 52 of 1920 of the territory.

18A. (1) The provisions of this Act and any amendment thereof, whether made before or after the commencement of this section, shall apply also in the territory, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel referred to in section 3 of the South-West 1920 Africa Affairs Amendment Act, 1951 (Act No. 55 of 1951), and in relation to all persons in that portion of the territory known as the 'Rehoboth Gebiet' and defined in the First Schedule to Proclamation No. 28 of 1923 of the Administrator of the territory.

(2) Proclamation No. 52 of 1920 of the Administrator of the territory is hereby repealed.

(3) Anything done, except a regulation made, under a provision of a law applied in the territory by the proclamation referred to in subsection (2), shall be deemed to have been done in respect of the territory under the corresponding provision of this Act.".

Short title.

4. This Act shall be called the Census Amendment Act, 1968.

Commencement

19 April 1968