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Justice Laws Rationalisation Act, No. 18 of 1996

Long title

To provide for the rationalisation and consolidation of certain statutes by the extension of the operation of certain laws to certain areas forming part of the national territory of the Republic of South Africa in substitution for certain other laws applied in those areas; to repeal such other laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE
1. Definitions
2. Extension of laws
3. Repeal of laws
4. Amendment of laws
5. Adaptation of references to the Supreme Court
6. Appeals to a full court
7. Existing districts and regional divisions
8. Appeals from Traditional Courts
9. Preservation of certain Offices of Attorney-General
10. Position of maintenance orders registered or confirmed under Act 6 of 1989
11. Rules
12. Extension and repeal of regulations and notices
13. Retention of jurisdiction in certain criminal matters
14. Saving of pending proceedings
15. Savings
16. Repeal of section 20 of Act 98 of 1965
17. Repeal of section 4 of Act 55 of 1970
18. Short title and commencement
Sch. I SCHEDULE I. LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA UNDER THE PREVIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL DISPENSATION MADE APPLICABLE IN THE REMAINDER OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY BY SECTION 2 [s2]
Sch. II SCHEDULE II. LAWS REPEALED BY SECTION 3 [s3]
Sch. III SCHEDULE III. LAWS AMENDED BY SECTION 4 [s4]

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