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Refugees
Amendment Act, No. 11 of 2017
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
Long title
To amend the Refugees Act, 1998, so as to amend and insert certain definitions; to include further provisions relating to disqualification from refugee status; to provide for integrity measures to combat fraud and corruption among staff members at Refugee Reception Offices, the Standing Committee and the Refugee Appeals Authority; to omit provisions referring to the Status Determination Committee; to substitute certain provisions relating to the Refugee Appeals Authority; to provide for the re-establishment of the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs and to confer additional powers on the Standing Committee; to confer additional powers on the Director-General; to clarify the procedure relating to conditions attached to asylum seeker visas and abandonment of applications; to revise provisions relating to the review of asylum applications; to provide for the withdrawal of refugee status in respect of categories of refugees; to provide for additional offences and penalties; to provide for transitional provisions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 2. | Substitution of section 4 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 3. | Amendment of section 5 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 4. | Amendment of section 7 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 5. | Substitution of heading to Chapter 2 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 6. | Amendment of section 8 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 7. | Substitution of section 8B of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 8. | Amendment of section 8C of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 9. | Amendment of section 8D of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 10. | Amendment of section 8E of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 11. | Amendment of section 8F of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 12. | Repeal of section 8G as inserted by section 11 of Act 33 of 2008 |
| 13. | Insertion of sections 9A to 9H in Act 130 of 1998 |
| 14. | Insertion of section 20A in Act 130 of 1998 |
| 15. | Amendment of section 21 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 16. | Amendment of section 21A of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 17. | Amendment of section 21B of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 18. | Substitution of section 22 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 19. | Amendment of section 23 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 20. | Amendment of section 24 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 21. | Substitution of section 24A of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 22. | Amendment of section 24B of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 23. | Amendment of section 27 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 24. | Substitution of section 28 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 25. | Amendment of section 34 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 26. | Amendment of section 34A of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 27. | Substitution of section 36 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 28. | Amendment of section 37 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 29. | Amendment of section 38 of Act 130 of 1998... |
| 30. | Repeal of section 33 of Act 33 of 2008 |
| 31. | Transitional provisions |
| 32. | Substitution of words or phrases |
| 33. | Short title and commencement |
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