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            <title>Housing Development Agency Bill [B 1F-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To establish the Housing Development Agency; to provide for its functions and powers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill [B8-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, 1998, so as to insert or substitute certain definitions; to qualify the application of the Act; to amplify the provisions relating to the prohibition of certain acts and to create certain offences in that regard; to further regulate the granting of a court order for eviction; to amend the procedures for the eviction of unlawful occupiers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title> 	 Reform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Bill [B 10B-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To modify the customary law of succession so as to provide for the devolution of certain property in terms of the law of intestate succession; to clarify certain matters relating to the law of succession and the law of property in relation to persons subject to customary law; and to amend certain laws in this regard; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Refugees Amendment Bill [B 11-2008]</title>
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dissolution of the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs and the Refugee Appeal Board; to provide for the establishment of the Refugee Appeals Authority; to provide for the clarification and revision of procedures relating to refugee status determination; to provide for obligations and rights of asylum seekers; to provide for the repeal of certain obsolete provisions; and to effect certain technical corrections; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Bill [B 12C-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[1. On page 3, in line 20, to omit ‘‘Persons providing community-based services’’ and to substitute ‘‘Registration of mental health practitioners providing community-based services’’.
2. On page 3, in line 22, to omit ‘‘CENTRE BASED AND OUT-PATIENT SERVICES’’ and to substitute ‘‘IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT SERVICES’’.
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            <title>Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Bill [B 12D-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for a comprehensive national response for the combating of substance abuse; to provide for mechanisms aimed at demand and harm reduction in relation to substance abuse through prevention, early intervention, treatment and re-integration programmes; to provide for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and halfway houses; to provide for the committal of persons to and from treatment centres and for their treatment, rehabilitation and skills development in such treatment centres; to provide for the establishment of the Central Drug Authority; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Bill [B 12-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To create mechanisms for the combating of substance abuse through prevention, early intervention, treatment and re-integration programmes; to provide for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and halfway houses; to provide for the committal of persons to and from treatment centres and for their treatment and training in such treatment centres; to provide for the establishment of the Central Drug Authority; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Expropriation Bill [B 16-2008]</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the expropriation of property, including land, in the public interest or for public purposes and subject to compensation, including compensation to holders of unregistered rights; to provide for the establishment of Expropriation Advisory Boards; to provide for the approval of compensation by a court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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