TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 27

1991 Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act No 138:

S Abolished indefinite detention without trial and limited detention without trial to ten days. Abolished s 55, which had prohibited the furthering of the aims of communism (RRS 1991/92: 466).

Repealed:

• the 1950 Internal Security Act (parts not repealed earlier);
• the General Law Further Amendment Act No 93 of 1963 (s 22);
• section 23 of the 1966 General Law Amendment Act;
• the 1967 Terrorism Act (parts not repealed earlier);
• sections 13-14 of the 1976 Internal Security Amendment Act;
• the 1986 Internal Security Amendment Act in its entirety.

Commenced: 31 July 1991

IN FORCE: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1992 February: Carrying of dangerous weapons prohibited: Participants in gatherings in unrest areas are prohibited from carrying listed weapons and firearms, excluding traditional cultural weapons and/or objects not specifically designed to inflict injury (Government Notice 719, GG 13801 of 28 Feb 1992).

1992 Births and Deaths Registration Act No 51:

P Regulated the registration of births and deaths.

Commenced: 1 October 1992

IN FORCE (as amended by the General Law Third Amendment Act No 129 of 1993, the Home Affairs Laws Rationalisation Act No 41 of 1995 and the Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act No 40 of 1996): BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

1992 Corruption Act No 94:

S Provided anew for the criminalisation of corruption.

Commenced: 3 July 1992

IN FORCE: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1992 Indemnity Amendment Act No 124:

S Amended the 1990 Indemnity Act to provide for the disposal of articles seized in connection with the investigation of events for which a particular person has been granted indemnity.

Commenced: 10 July 1992

Repealed by s 48 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34 of 1995

1992 Internal Peace Institutions Act No 135:

U Provided for the establishment of a National Peace Secretariat and local dispute resolution committees to combat and prevent public violence and intimidation.

Commenced: 4 November 1992

Repealed by s 1 of the Internal Peace Institutions Act Repeal Act No 28 of 1995

1992 Judicial Matters Amendment Act No 143:

U Amended the Investigation of Serious Economic Offences Act No 117 of 1991 in order to regulate the appointment of a Director, and amended the Attorney-General Act 92 of 1992 to provide for the appointment of attorneys-general to perform certain functions.

Commenced: 6 November 1992

Amended by the Internal Peace Institution Act Repeal Act No 28 of 1995

1992 Further Indemnity Act No 151:

S Extended indemnity to state offenders and provided for total secrecy regarding the actions for which individuals sought indemnity.

ommenced: 10 November 1992 (unless otherwise indicated), ss 2-25: September 1992

Repealed by s 48 of the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act No 34 of 1995

1993 Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act No 196:

P Restored and extended South African citizenship to citizens of the TBVC states who would still have been citizens of South Africa but for the South African Citizenship Act No 44 of 1949.

Commenced: 1 January 1994

Repealed by s 26 of the South African Citizenship Act No 88 of 1995

1993 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200:

P Commenced: 27 April 1994, except ss 248, 249: 28 January 1994; ss 6, 40, 42, 127, 132, 143(1), Sch 2: 9 March 1994.

IN FORCE: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW