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18 of 1996
The Justice Laws Rationalisation Act 18 of 1996 intends:
- to provide for the rationalisation and consolidation of certain statutes by the extension of the operation of certain laws to certain areas forming part of the national territory of the Republic of South Africa in substitution for certain other laws applied in those areas;
- to repeal such other laws; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amends
- Magistrates’ Courts Act 32 of 1944
- Matrimonial Affairs Act 37 of 1953
- Criminal Procedure Act 56 of 1955
- General Law Amendment Act 62 of 1955
- Vexatious Proceedings Act 3 of 1956
- Riotous Assemblies Act 17 of 1956
- Apportionment of Damages Act 34 of 1956
- Inquests Act 58 of 1959
- Conventional Penalties Act 15 of 1962
- Foreign Courts Evidence Act 80 of 1962
- General Law Further Amendment Act 93 of 1962
- Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963
- Prevention of Counterfeiting of Currency Act 16 of 1965
- Civil Proceedings Evidence Act 25 of 1965
- Arbitration Act 42 of 1965
- General Law Amendment Act 98 of 1965
- Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Amendment Act 55 of 1970
- South African Law Reform Commission Act (previous short title: South African Law Commission Act) 19 of 1973
- Second General Law Amendment Law 94 of 1974
- Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977
- Divorce Act 70 of 1979
- Protection of Information Act 81 of 1982
- Small Claims Courts Act 61 of 1984
- Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984
- Rules Board for Courts of Law Act 107 of 1985
- Law of Evidence Amendment Act 45 of 1988
- Trust Property Control Act 57 of 1988
- Short Process Courts and Mediation in Certain Civil Cases Act 103 of 1991
- Game Theft Act 105 of 1991
- Decriminalization Act 107 of 1991
- Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation Act 139 of 1991
- Criminal Law Second Amendment Act 126 of 1992
- Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act 140 of 1992
- Magistrates Act 90 of 1993
- Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act 120 of 1993
Commencement
- 1 April 1997, except Section 2(2)(b)(v) and the repeal in terms of Section 3 of certain laws in the areas of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Lebowa and QwaQwa (Gazette 17849 of 12 March 1997)
- 1 August 2000, in so far as it repeals Decree 4 (Ombudsman) of 1988 applicable in the affected territory of the former Transkei, and the Qwaqwa Ombudsman Act 6 of 1987, applicable in the affected territory of the former Qwaqwa (Gazette 21410 of 28 July 2000)
- 1 April 1999, in so far as it repeals the Ombudsman Act 9 of 1986 and its amending Act 39 of 1991, applicable in the affected area of Bophuthatswana (Gazette 19912 of 1 April 1999)
