• Stock Theft Act, 1959 (Act No. 57 of 1959)
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Failure to give satisfactory account of possession of stock or produce
  • 3. Absence of reasonable cause for believing stock or produce properly acquired
  • 4. Entering enclosed land or kraal, shed, stable or other walled place with intent to steal stock or produce
  • 5. [Repealed] Delivery of stock or produce between sunset and sunrise
  • 6. Document of identification to be furnished by person who disposes of stock
  • 7. Acquisition of stock or produce from certain persons whose places of residence are unknown
  • 8. Stock or produce driven, conveyed or transported on or along public roads
  • 9. Arrest and search without warrant
  • 10. Malicious arrest and search
  • 11. Verdicts on a charge of theft of stock or produce
  • 12. Act applicable in all cases where charge is one of theft of stock or produce
  • 13. [Repealed] Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in respect of punishments
  • 14. Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in respect of sentence
  • 15. Compensation for damage to or loss of stock or produce
  • 16. Regulations
  • 17. Provisions of Act may be made applicable in respect of farm produce not mentioned in definition of produce
  • 18. Application of sections 5, 6, 7 and 8
  • 19. [Repealed] Certain provisions of Transkeian Territories Penal Code may be made applicable in certain areas
  • 20. Repeal or amendment of laws
  • 21. Short title and date of commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws Repealed or Amended