Constitution Eighteenth Amendment 2019
Draft bill for comment Published in GG 42902 of 13 December 2019 for comment by 31 January 2020
Regulations on Magistrates Leave Amended
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 9 January 2020 Regulations for Judicial Officers in the Lower Courts have been amended. The justice and constitutional development department published the amendments in…
Cybercrimes
Draft bill full text Published on the Department of Justice and Correctional Services website Year of publication 2015 Publication for comment (draft bill) Published on the Department of Justice and…
Prescription in Civil and Criminal Matters (Certain Sexual Offences) Amendment 2019
Draft bill full text https://discover.sabinet.co.za/document/PLD69703 Year of publication 2019 Publication for comment (draft bill) https://discover.sabinet.co.za/document/PLD69703 (for comment by 15 April 2019) (2019-03-18)
Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill Drafted
Parliament 4 December 2019 A Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill on expropriation of land without compensation has been drawn up. Parliamentary Legal Services recently briefed the Ad Hoc Committee to…
Parliament Passes Promotion of Access to Information Bill
Parliament 4 December 2019 Parliament has passed the Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Bill and sent it to president Ramaphosa for assent. The bill was tabled in parliament at…
Domestic Violence Legislation Under Review
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 2 December 2019 Domestic violence legislation is under review. The deputy minister of justice and constitutional development, John Jeffery, confirmed this during an address…
Prescription in Civil and Criminal Matters (Sexual Offences) Bill Tabled
Parliament 28 November 2019 The Prescription in Civil and Criminal Matters (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill has been tabled in parliament. The proposed legislation was published for comment in March 2019.…
Child Justice Amendment Bill Sent for Assent
Parliament 27 November 2019 The Child Justice Amendment Bill has been passed by parliament and sent to president Ramaphosa for assent. The national assembly (NA) passed the bill and sent…
Draft Regulations on Community Service for Legal Practitioners on the Cards
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 26 November 2019 Draft regulations on community service for legal practitioners are in the pipeline. The deputy minister of justice and constitutional development, John…