Second General Law Amendment Law 94 of 1974

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94 of 1974

The Second General Law Amendment Law 94 of 1974 intends:

  • to prohibit the causing, encouragement or fomenting of feelings of hostility between different population groups;
  • to prohibit, in certain circmnstances, the furnishing of information as to businesses carried on in or outside the Republic;
  • to further regulate the execution of sentences of death passed by certain courts;
  • to provide that the repealed provisions of certain laws shall remain of force and effect in respect of certain schools of industries and reform schools;
  • to validate certain provisions of the Coloured Farmers Assistance Law, 1973 (Law 1 of 1973), of the Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa; and
  • to regulate the defrayal of expenses incurred in connection with certain buildings and equipment at Onderstepoort;
  • to amend the following Acts, namely :
    • the Liquor Act, 1928 [repealed in 1978], so as to further regulate the supply and sale of liquor and the presence of women and certain other persons in restricted portions of licensed premises;
    • the Attorneys, Notaries and Conveyancers Admission Act, 1934 [repealed in 1979], so as to extend the matters for which work may not be canvassed;
    • the Industrial Development Act, 1940, so as to empower the Minister of Economic Affairs to indemnify the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Limited, and a subsidiary thereof against certain losses;
    • the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, so as:
      • to provide that magistrates may simultaneously do duty in more than one district; 
      • to provide for the holding of a court of a district for the hearing of civil matters by a magistrate of a regional division; 
      • to further provide for the service of process in criminal cases; 
      • to increase the civil jurisdiction and jurisdiction relating to fines of magistrates' courts; and
      • to increase the punitive jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in certain criminal cases;  
    • the Defence Act, 1957 [repealed in 2003], so as to further regulate the exemption of certain clubs, messes, institutions and funds from certain licence moneys, taxes, duties and fees;
    • the Post Office Act, 1958, so as to abolish certain limitations on the conclusion of ocean mail contracts;
    • the Supreme Court Act, 1959 [repealed in 2013], so as to further regulate the settlement of conflicting decisions in civil proceedings by the appellate division of the Supreme Court of South Africa;
    • the Coloured Development Corporation Act, 1962 [repealed in 1981], so as to extend the meaning of the expression "Coloured company";
    • the Foreign Courts Evidence Act, 1962, so as to prohibit the granting, in certain circumstances, of orders with reference to information as to businesses carried on in or outside the Republic;
    • the Coloured Persons Education Act, 1963, so as to extend the power to make regulations in connection with the control of certain moneys;
    • the Coloured Persons Representative Council Act, 1964 [repealed in 1984], so as to provide for the dissolution of the Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Mrica by the State President;
    • the Community Development Act, 1966, so as to extend the period during which no appreciation contribution is payable;
    • the South African Indian Council Act, 1968, so as to prohibit the chairman of the South African Indian Council from being a member of the executive committee thereof;
    • the Arms and Ammunition Act, 1969 [repealed in 2004], so as to make further provision for the surrender of arms and ammunition held contrary to that Act;
    • the Sectional Titles Act, 1971 [repealed in 1988], so as to define the meaning of the expression "Administrator"; and
    • the Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 1972 [repealed in 1986], so as to grant a court certain powers relative to claims which have become prescribed;
  • to repeal certain laws relative to employers and employees; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

  • 20 November 1974, all Sections except Ss. 5(1), 24(1)(a), 25, 27, 28 and 29
  • 21 February 1975, S. 5(1) (Gazette 4591 of 21 March 1975)
  • 1 March 1975, Ss. 24(1)(a), 25, 27, 28 and 29 (Gazette 4586 of 14 February 1975)

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