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- The Repeal of the Transkeian Penal Code Act, 2023
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- Abolition of Certain Title Conditions Act, 1999
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- Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994
- Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2003
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- The Land Court Act, 2023
- Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991
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- Diamond Export Levy (Administration) Act, 2007
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- Diamonds Act, 1986
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- Electricity Regulation Act, 2006
- Gas Act, 2001
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- Electoral Act, 1998
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- Government Employees Pension Law, 1996
- Government Immovable Asset Management Act, 2007
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- Municipal Electoral Act, 2000
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- Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Act, 2007
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- Municipal Systems Act, 2000
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- Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, 2019
- Dangerous Weapons Act, 2013
- Disaster Management Act, 2002
- Explosives Act, 1956
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- Firearms Control Act, 2000
- National Conventional Arms Control Act, 2002
- National Key Points Act, 1980
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- Prohibition or Restriction of Certain Conventional Weapons Act, 2008
- Protection from Harassment Act, 2010
- State Information Technology Agency Act, 1998
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- Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007
- Geomatics Profession Act, 2013
- Geoscience Act, 1993
- Human Sciences Research Council Act, 2008
- Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, 2008
- Measurement Units and Measurement Standards Act, 2006
- National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997
- National Research Foundation Act, 1998
- Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003
- Scientific Research Council Act, 1988
- South African National Space Agency Act, 2008
- Technology Innovation Agency Act, 2008
- Social Development
- Child Care Act, 1983
- Child Justice Act, 2008
- Childrens Act, 2005
- Customary Initiation Act, 2021
- Domestic Violence Act, 1998
- Fund-Raising Act, 1978
- National Youth Development Agency Act, 2008
- Older Persons Act, 2006
- Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008
- Social Assistance Act, 2004
- Social Service Professions Act, 1978
- South African Social Security Agency Act, 2004
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- Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003
- Businesses Act, 1991
- Close Corporations Act, 1984
- Companies Act, 1973
- Companies Act, 2008
- Competition Act, 1998
- Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Act, 1988
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- Co-operatives Act, 2005
- Copyright Act, 1978
- Counterfeit Goods Act, 1997
- Designs Act, 1993
- Export Credit and Foreign Investments Re-insurance Act, 1957
- Infrastructure Development Act, 2014
- Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996
- International Arbitration Act, 2017
- International Trade Administration Act, 2002
- Legal Metrology Act, 2014
- Liquor Act, 2003
- Liquor Products Act, 1989
- Lotteries Act, 1997
- Merchandise Marks Act, 1941
- National Empowerment Fund Act, 1998
- National Gambling Act, 1996
- National Gambling Act, 2004
- National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications Act, 2008
- National Small Business Act, 1996
- Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993
- Patents Act, 1978
- Performers Protection Act, 1967
- Property Time-sharing Control Act, 1983
- Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
- Rationalisation of Corporate Laws Act, 1996
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- Second-Hand Goods Act, 2009
- Special Economic Zones Act, 2014
- Standards Act, 2008
- Trade Marks Act, 1993
- Trade Metrology Act, 1973
- Unauthorized Use of Emblems Act, 1961
- Usury Act, 1968
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- Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998
- Advertising on Roads and Ribbon Development Act, 1940
- Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993
- Airports Company Act, 1993
- Border Management Authority Act, 2020
- Carriage by Air Act, 1946
- Civil Aviation Act, 2009
- Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment Act, 2007
- Cross-Border Road Transport Act, 1998
- Financial Supervision of The Road Accident Fund Act, 1993
- Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability Convention) Act, 2013
- Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Administration Act, 2013
- Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Contributions Act, 2013
- Merchant Shipping (Safe Containers Convention) Act, 2011
- Merchant Shipping Act, 1951
- National Land Transport Act, 2009
- National Ports Act, 2005
- National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002
- National Road Traffic Act, 1996
- Road Accident Fund (Transitional Provisions) Act, 2012
- Road Accident Fund Act, 1996
- Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
- Sea Transport Documents Act, 2000
- South African Civil Aviation Authority Levies Act, 1998
- South African Express Act, 2007
- The Economic Regulation of Transport Act, 2024
- The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998
- Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996
- Water Affairs