INTERCEPTION AND MONITORING PROHIBITION AMENDMENT ACT

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

No. 1538. 6 October 1995

NO. 77 OF 1995: INTERCEPTION AND MONITORING PROHIBITION AMENDMENT ACT, 1995

It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:-

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:

[      ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.

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ACT

To amend the Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act, 1992, so as to redefine "judge"; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 28 September 1995.)

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 127 of 1992, as amended by section 32 of Act 38 of 1994

1. Section 1 of the Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act, 1992, is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of "judge" of the following definition:

" 'judge' means any judge of any provincial or local division of the Supreme Court of South Africa including any judge discharged from active service under section 3 of the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 1989 (Act No. 88 of 1989), and any retired judge, who is designated by the Minister of Justice to perform the functions of a judge within a particular division for the purposes of this Act;".

Short title

2. This Act shall be called the Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Amendment Act, 1995.