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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Correctional Services
Amendment
Act, No. 102 of 1997
Long title
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define or delete certain expressions; to empower the Minister to contract out prisons to private contractors; to make provision for the establishment of a Judicial Inspectorate; to provide for the appointment of an Inspecting Judge and Independent Prison Visitors; to empower the Inspecting Judge to establish Visitors’ Committees; to provide for an internal service evaluation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To amend the Correctional Services Act, 1959, so as to define or delete certain expressions; to empower the Minister to contract out prisons to private contractors; to make provision for the establishment of a Judicial Inspectorate; to provide for the appointment of an Inspecting Judge and Independent Prison Visitors; to empower the Inspecting Judge to establish Visitors’ Committees; to provide for an internal service evaluation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 8 of 1959... |
| 2. | Insertion of section 20A in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 3. | Insertion of section 20B in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 4. | Insertion of section 20C in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 5. | Insertion of section 20D in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 6. | Insertion of section 20E in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 7. | Insertion of section 20F in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 8. | Insertion of section 20G in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 9. | Insertion of section 20H in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 10. | Insertion of section 201 in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 11. | Insertion of section 20J in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 12. | Insertion of section 20K in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 13. | Substitution of section 25 of Act 8 of 1959... |
| 14. | Insertion of section 25A in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 15. | Insertion of section 25B in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 16. | Insertion of section 25C in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 17. | Insertion of section 25D in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 18. | Insertion of section 25E in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 19. | Insertion of section 25F in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 20. | Insertion of section 25G in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 21. | Insertion of section 25H in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 22. | Insertion of section 25 I in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 23. | Insertion of section 25J in Act 8 of 1959 |
| 24. | Short title and commencement |
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