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        <description><![CDATA[Polity.org.za offers a unique take on news, with a focus on political, legal, economic and social issues in South Africa and Africa, as well as international affairs. Polity strives to provide our readers reliable and objective reporting on important issues that drive our society.]]></description>
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            <title>Traditional Courts Bill B1-2017</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/traditional-courts-bill-2017-02-06</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To provide a uniform legislative framework for the structure and functioning of traditional courts, in line with constitutional imperatives and values; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>Criminal Procedure Amendment B2-2017</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to provide the courts with a wider range of options in respect of orders to be issued in cases of findings that accused persons are not capable of understanding criminal proceedings so as to make a proper defence; or that accused persons are by reason of mental illness or mental defect or for any other reason not criminally responsible for the offences they are charged with; to clarify the composition of the panels provided for in section 79 to conduct enquiries into the mental condition of accused persons; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill B2A-2017 </title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/criminal-procedure-amendment-bill-b2a-2017-2017-05-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[1.   On page 2, in the fifth line, to omit ‘‘mental defect’’, and to insert ‘‘intellectual disability’’.]]></description>
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            <title>Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill B2B-2017 </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to provide the courts with a wider range of options in respect of orders to be issued in cases of findings that accused persons are not capable of understanding criminal proceedings so as to make a proper defence; or that accused persons are by reason of mental illness or intellectual  disability  or for any  other reason  not  criminally  responsible  for the offences they are charged with; to clarify the composition of the panels provided for in section 79 to conduct enquiries into the mental condition of accused persons; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>Road Accident Fund Amendment B3-2017</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/road-accident-fund-amendment-2017-02-09</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Road Accident Fund Act, 1996, so as to insert new definitions; to provide the Fund with the power to determine and amend the forms; to regulate the manner in which a final court order sounding in money against the Fund must be satisfied; to provide for the Minister to prescribe a list of injuries that are deemed serious; to authorise the Fund to offer a cost contribution with the offer of compensation; to provide for the Fund to pay compensation for accommodation, treatment and the rendering or supplying of a service on a no-fault basis for an initial period; to provide for the Minister to prescribe a single tariff; to provide for the Fund to pay only specified funeral expenses on a no-fault basis, limited to a maximum proven amount; to harmonise the prescription regime for claims; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Division of Revenue Bill B4-2017 </title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/division-of-revenue-bill-b4-2017-2017-01-31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To  provide  for  the  equitable  division  of  revenue  raised  nationally  among  the national, provincial and local spheres of government for the 2017/18 financial year, the determination of each province’s equitable share and allocations to provinces, local government and municipalities from national government’s equitable share and  the responsibilities of all three spheres  pursuant to such division and allocations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Appropriation Bill B5-2017 </title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/appropriation-bill-b5-2017-2017-01-31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To appropriate money from the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the State for the 2017/18 financial year; to prescribe conditions for the spending of funds withdrawn for the 2018/19 financial year before the commencement of the Appropriation  Act  for  the  2018/19  financial year;  and to provide for matters incidental thereto.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill B6-2017 </title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/cybercrimes-and-cybersecurity-bill-b6-2017-2017-01-31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To create offences and impose penalties which have a bearing on cybercrime; to criminalise the distribution of data messages which is harmful and to provide for interim  protection orders;  to further regulate jurisdiction in respect of cybercrimes; to further regulate the powers to investigate cybercrimes; to further regulate  aspects  relating  to  mutual  assistance  in  respect  of  the  investigation of cybercrime; to provide for the establishment of a 24/7 Point of Contact; to further ...]]></description>
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            <title>Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill B7-2017 </title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/plant-health-phytosanitary-bill-b7-2017-2017-01-31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To provide for phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction, establishment and  spread  of  regulated  pests  in  the  Republic;  to  provide  for  the  control  of regulated pests; to provide for regulation of the movement of plants, plant products and other regulated articles into, within and out of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill B8-2017 </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003, so as to make provision for extended timeframes within which kingship or queenship councils  and  traditional  councils  must  be  established;  to  provide  for  extended timeframes within which community authorities have to be disestablished;...]]></description>
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