• Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997 (Act No. 71 of 1997)
  • Act
  • 1. Interpretation and Objects of Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Objects of Act
  • 2. Creation of an Enabling Environment
    • 3. State's responsibility to Non-profit Organisations
    • 4. Establishment of Directorate for Non-profit Organisations
    • 5. Functions of Directorate
    • 6. Model documents and Codes of Good Practice
    • 7. Reports of Directorate
    • 8. Designation of Director of Non-profit Organisations
    • 9. Panel of Arbitrators and Arbitration Tribunal
    • 10. Establishment of Advisory or Technical Committees
  • 3. Registration of Non-Profit Organisations
    • 11. Benefits of Registration
    • 12. Requirements for Registration
    • 13. Application for Registration
    • 14. Appeals against Refusal to Register
    • 15. Certificate of Registration
    • 16. Effect of Registration
    • 17. Accounting Records and Reports
    • 18. Duty to provide Reports and Information
    • 19. Changing Constitution or Name of Registered Non-profit Organisation
    • 20. Non-compliance with Constitution and Obligations by Registered Non-profit Organisation
    • 21. Cancellation of Registration
    • 22. Appeals against cancellation of Registration
    • 23. Voluntary Deregistration and Winding Up or Dissolution
    • 24. Register of Non-profit Organisations
    • 25. Access by Public to documents submitted to Director
  • 3A. Office-Bearers of Nonprofit Organisations
    • 25A. Disqualification and removal of office-bearers
  • 4. Regulations
    • 26. Regulations
    • 27. Conditions, Restrictions or Prohibitions in Regulations
    • 28. Procedure for making Regulations
  • 5. General Provisions
    • 29. Offences and contraventions
    • 30. Penalties
    • 31. Delegation of Functions
    • 32. Restriction of Liability
    • 33. Repeal of Laws
    • 34. Transitional Arrangements
    • 35. State Bound
    • 36. Short title and Commencement
• Regulations
  • Regulations under the Non-Profit Organisations Act
    • 1. Application for Registration
    • 2. Appeals against decision not to Register or to Cancel Registration
    • 3. Certificate of Registration
    • 4. Register of Non-Profit Organisations
    • 5. Compiling, Submitting and keeping Reports, Accounting and other Records, Accounting and other Records, Documents and Constitutions
    • 6. Compliance Notice
    • 7. Public Access to Constitutions, Reports and Documents
    • 8. Terms and Conditions of Appointment of Panel of Arbitrators
  • Regulations in Respect of Amendments to the Nonprofit Organisation Act, 1997 as contained in the General Laws Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022)
    • Notice No. 3391 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Objects of Regulations
    • 3. Powers of Directorate
    • 4. Fiscal sponsorship
    • 5. Obligations of certain registered nonprofit organisations
    • 6. Access to information
    • 7. Administrative sanctions
    • 8. Short title and commencement
    • Forms
      • Form 4 : Register of Nonprofit Organisations
  • Regulations in Respect of Amendments to the Nonprofit Organisation Act, 1997 as contained in the General Laws Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022)
    • Notice No. 3414 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Objects of Regulations
    • 3. Powers of Directorate
    • 4. Fiscal sponsorship
    • 5. Obligations of certain registered nonprofit organisations
    • 6. Access to information
    • 7. Administrative sanctions
    • 8. Short title and commencement
    • Forms
      • Form 4 - Register of Nonprofit Organisations
• Notices
  • Notice in terms of Section 12(1)(c) of the Non Profit Organisations Act, 1997 (Act No. 71 of 1997)
    • Notice No. 3603 of 2023