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            <title>Counterfeit Goods Act (No. 37 of 1997)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To introduce measures aimed against the trade in counterfeit goods so as to further protect owners of trade marks, copyright and certain marks under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941, against the unlawful application, to goods, of the subject matter of their respective intellectual property rights and against the release of goods of that nature (called ‘‘counterfeit goods’’) into the channels of commerce;
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    to prohibit certain acts in relation to counterfeit goods as well as the possession of counterfeit goods in certain circumstances;
    to create offences in that regard and prescribe penalties in relation thereto]]></description>
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            <title>Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 6 of 2010 </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to provide for the compulsory taking of fingerprints of certain categories of persons; to provide for the taking of fingerprints and body-prints for investigative purposes; to further provide for the retention of fingerprints and body-prints taken under the Act; to further regulate the destruction of fingerprints taken under the Act...



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            <category>(Act 6 of 2010 G. 33607 GoN 873)</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to substitute and align the provisions relating to the use of force in effecting arrest of a suspect with a judgment of the Constitutional Court; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <category>(Act 9 of 2012 G. 35714 GoN 782)</category>
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            <title>Extension of Security of Tenure Act (No. 62 of 1997)</title>
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            <title>Firearms Control Act (No. 60 of 2000)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To establish a comprehensive and an effective system of firearms control; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>Firearms Control Amendment Act (No. 28 of 2006)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Firearms Control Act, 2000, so as to amend, delete and insert certain definitions; to provide for the control of muzzle loading firearms; to provide for the control of a certain device; to provide for the Registrar to determine the sufficiency of the set of fingerprints an applicant must from time to time provide; to provide for a written notification in respect of the substitution of a responsible person; to provide for a procedure to cancel an accreditation; to provide for the renewal of a competency certificate; to delete the restriction on magazine capacity of a semi automatic shotgun for use by a dedicated hunter or sports person; to provide for a licence to possess a firearm for professional hunting; to provide that prohibited and restricted firearms may only be collected if made inoperable; to provide for the cancellation of a temporary permit to possess a firearm; to extend the validity period of licences and permits; to subject the export of firearms and ammunition to the relevant provisions of the National Conventional Arms Control Act, 2002; to provide for non automatic disqualification to possess a firearm in the event of the payment of an admission of guilt fine; to provide for the holding of an inquiry contemplated in section 102 in the absence of the person concerned under certain circumstances; to amend the procedure for the cancellation of certain licences, permits, authorisations and competency certificates; to provide for the establishment of an informal consultative forum, and to provide for compliance with the provisions of the National Heritage Resources Act, 1999, in instances where firearms are to be destroyed; and to provide for matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Firearms control amendment act (No. 43 of 2003)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Firearms Control Act, 2000, so as to change certain technicalexpressions and to delete or amend certain definitions; to provide for the deletionand insertion of certain lexical expressions; to provide for apprenticeship to agunsmith;to empower the Minister to prescribe measures in terms of which thepublic may be notified that certain premises are declared firearm-free zones; and toprovide in the transitional provisions for the continuation of an existingregistration certificate to trade as a gunsmith; and to provide for mattersconnected therewith.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Act 15 of 2024 (English / isiZulu) </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Act 15 of 2024 (English / isiZulu) ]]></description>
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            <category>[Act 15 of 2024 G 50990GoN 5081]</category>
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