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            <title>Electoral Laws Amendment Act 1 of 2019 (English / Afrikaans) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electoral Commission Act, 1996, so as to provide for the use of all available sources of data to obtain information necessary for the Commission to compile and maintain the national common voters’ roll; to provide for the electronic submission of party registration applications; to provide for the exclusive jurisdiction of the Electoral Court to adjudicate intra-party leadership disputes that have an impact on the Commission’s preparation for elections; to provide for the prohibition of the use of the name and its acronym, logo, designs or electoral material used or owned by the Commision;]]></description>
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            <title>Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act 4 of 2019 (English / Afrikaans) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998, so as to substitute and insert certain definitions; to improve the manner of serving documents to infringers; to add to the functions of the Road Traffic Infringement Authority; to repeal certain obsolete provisions; to establish and administer rehabilitation programmes; to provide for the apportionment of penalties; to provide for the establishment of the Appeals Tribunal and matters related thereto; to effect textual corrections; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Act 5 of 2019 (English / Sepedi) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the protection, promotion, development and management of indigenous knowledge; to provide for the establishment and functions of the National Indigenous Knowledge Systems Office; to provide for the management of rights of indigenous knowledge communities; to provide for the establishment and functions of the Advisory Panel on indigenous knowledge; to provide for access and conditions of access to knowledge of indigenous communities; to provide for the recognition of prior learning; to provide for the facilitation and coordination of indigenous knowledge-based innovation; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.]]></description>
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            <title>National Credit Amendment Act 7 of 2019 (English/ isiZulu) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the National Credit Act, 2005, so as to provide for debt intervention; to insert new definitions; to include the evaluation and referral of debt intervention applications as a function of the National Credit Regulator and to provide for the creation of capacity within the National Credit Regulator and logistical arrange-ments to execute this function; to include the consideration of a referral as a function of the Tribunal; to provide for the recordal of information related to debt intervention; to require a debt counsellor to investigate whether an agreement is reckless; to provide for a court to enquire into and either refer a matter for debt intervention or make an order related to debt intervention;]]></description>
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            <title>Critical Infrastructure Protection Act 8 of 2019 (English / isiXhosa) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the identification and declaration of infrastructure as critical infrastructure; to provide for guidelines and factors to be taken into account to ensure transparent identification and declaration of critical infrastructure; to provide for measures to be put in place for the protection, safeguarding and resilience of critical infrastructure; to provide for the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Council and its functions; to provide for the administration of the Act under the control of the National Commissioner]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2004, so as to amend a definition; to provide that the arrest and removal, on the order of a presiding officer, of a person who creates or takes part in any disturbance on the precincts is not applicable to a member; to provide that a provincial legislature may choose to either appoint a standing committee or establish an adhoc committee to deal with disciplinary action against members of a provincial legislature for contempt of that provincial legislature; to provide that the Speaker of a provincial legislature exercises control and authority over the precincts on behalf of that provincial legislature; to clarify vague sections in the Act; to effect technical and grammatical corrections; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, so as to clarify the procedure with regard to the renewal of term of office of a commissioner; to provide for a commissioner to act as the chairperson when both the chairperson and deputy chairperson are absent or for any reason unable to act as chairperson; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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