State Attorney Amendment Act 45 of 1980

State Attorney Amendment Act, 1980 (No. 45 of 1980)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
__ Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

Act

• to amend the State Attorney Act, 1957, so as to make provision for the performance under certain circumstances of work by tbe State Attorney's office or a branch tbereof for or on behalf of the government of a foreign state; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 28 April 1980.)

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

Insertion of section 9A in Act 56 of 1957.

1. The following section is hereby inserted in the State Attorney Act, 1957, after section 9: 

"Performance by State Attorney's office of work on behalf of government of foreign state.

9A. If agreed upon between the Government of the Republic and the government of any other state, the State Attorney's office or any branch thereof may perform such kind of work as is performed under this Act by the said office or any such branch on behalf of the Government of the Republic, for or on behalf of the government of that other state in any court or in any part of the Republic or in that state, subject to such conditions as may be so agreed upon.".

Short title and commencement.

2. This Act shall be called the State Attorney Amendment Act, 1980, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 September 1979.

Commencement

9 May 1980