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138 of 1991
The Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act 138 of 1991 intends:
- to amend the Internal Security Act, 1982 [repealed in 2005], so as
- to delete or substitute certain definitions;
- to regulate anew the declaration of organizations as unlawful;
- to extend the time limit for the institution of certain proceedings;
- to make different provision in relation to the detention of certain persons for interrogation;
- to authorize the Minister of Justice to withdraw or amend certain notices;
- to increase the maximum fme for certain offences;
- to adjust the provision relating to a certain authority required from the attorney-general;
- to delete certain obsolete provisions; and
- to repeal provisions relating to the prohibition of certain publications, a certain restriction on the registration of newspapers, the keeping of a certain consolidated list of names, the placing of certain restrictions upon or in respect of certain persons, the detention of certain persons for certain purposes, certain disqualifications for membership of a House of Parliament and for the practising of certain legal professions, the appointment of inspectors of detainees, certain temporarily operative powers of detention and an offence in connection with communism;
- to amend the Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act, 1971 [repealed in 1994], so as to provide for the lapsing of the registration of a newspaper under certain circumstances;
- to amend the Intimidation Act, 1982, so as
- to create certain new offences; and
- to increase the maximum fine for certain offences;
- to repeal certain obsolete laws; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amends
- Amends General Law Further Amendment Act 93 of 1963
- Amends General Law Amendment Act 62 of 1966
- Internal Security Amendment Act 79 of 1976
Commencement
31 July 1991 (Gazette 13440 of 31 July 1991)
