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Customary
Initiation Act, No. 2 of 2021
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Xhosa
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Xhosa
Long title
To provide for the effective regulation of customary initiation practices; to provide for the establishment of a National Initiation Oversight Committee and Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committees and their functions; to provide for the responsibilities, roles and functions of the various role-players involved in initiation practices as such or in the governance aspects thereof; to provide for the effective regulation of initiation schools; to provide for regulatory powers of the Minister and Premiers; to provide for the monitoring of the implementation of this Act; to provide for provincial peculiarities; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | |
| CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, APPLICATION, OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Application, objectives, interpretation and prohibitions |
| 3. | Guiding principles |
| CHAPTER 2. OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATING STRUCTURES | |
| Part 1. National Initiation Oversight Committee | |
| 4. | Establishment, composition and term of office |
| 5. | Chairperson and deputy chairperson |
| 6. | Disqualifications |
| 7. | Vacancies |
| 8. | Meetings |
| 9. | Functions |
| 10. | Administrative and financial support |
| Part 2. Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committees | |
| 11. | Establishment, composition and term of office |
| 12. | Chairperson and deputy chairperson |
| 13. | Vacancies |
| 14. | Meetings |
| 15. | Functions |
| 16. | Technical support teams |
| 17. | Administrative and financial support |
| CHAPTER 3. ROLE-PLAYERS | |
| 18. | Government |
| 19. | Houses of traditional leaders |
| 20. | Traditional leaders |
| 21. | Principals and care-givers |
| 22. | Parents or legal or customary guardian| |
| 23. | Traditional surgeons |
| 24. | Medical practitioners |
| 25. | South African Police Service and National Prosecuting Authority |
| CHAPTER 4. INITIATION SCHOOLS | |
| 26. | Registration |
| 27. | Initiation seasons |
| 28. | Consent, prohibitions, age and circumcision |
| 29. | Discipline and teachings |
| 30. | Water, sanitation, food, health care, liquor and drugs |
| 31. | Death of initiate |
| CHAPTER 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| 32. | Allowances and expenditure |
| 33. | Offences |
| 34. | Appeals |
| 35. | Regulations |
| 36. | Monitoring |
| 37. | Provincial peculiarities |
| 38. | Provincial legislation providing for a PICC |
| 39. | Local initiation structures and municipalities |
| 40. | Implementation of Act |
| 41. | Interim arrangements |
| 42. | Short title and commencement |
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