• Witness Protection Act, 1998 (Act No. 112 of 1998)
  • Notice No. 1544 of 1998
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Establishment of Office for Witness Protection
  • 3. Director and members of Office
  • 4. Powers, functions and duties of Director
  • 5. Witness protection officers
  • 6. Security officers
  • 7. Application for protection
  • 8. Temporary protection
  • 9. Reports by witness protection officer
  • 10. Consideration of application for protection
  • 11. Protection agreement
  • 12. Protection of minor
  • 13. Discharge from protection
  • 14. Review by Minister
  • 15. Civil proceedings in which protected person is a party or witness
  • 16. Access to minor under protection
  • 17. Confidentiality and disclosure of information
  • 18. Publication of information concerning protected person
  • 19. Protected person not obliged to disclose certain information
  • 20. Donations, bequests and contributions for witness protection
  • 21. Agreements with international bodies, institutions, organisations or foreign countries
  • 22. Offences and penalties
  • 23. Regulations
  • 24. Repeal of section 185A of Act 51 of 1977, as inserted by section 4 of Act 135 of 1991
  • 25. Insertion of section 191A into Act 51 of 1977
  • 26. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule