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Business registration in South Africa

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

393 matching statutes

  • South Africa

    Plant Improvement Act

    Act 11 of 2018

    117 provisions

    This source text does not set out an operative rule for section 2; it only shows the Act’s arrangement and its stated purposes about plant-business registration, quality standards, national listing, import/export control, and related schemes.

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  • South Africa

    Short-term Insurance Act

    Act 53 of 1998

    99 provisions

    This notice says the Acting President assented to the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998 and that it was published for general information.

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  • South Africa

    Long-term Insurance Act

    Act 52 of 1998

    65 provisions

    This excerpt identifies section 23 as “Audit committee,” but does not include the operative rule text.

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  • South Africa

    Banks Amendment Act

    Act 26 of 1994

    67 provisions

    This provision amends section 1 of the Banks Act by changing several definitions and adding a new definition of “mutual bank.”

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  • South Africa

    Private Security Industry Regulation Act

    Act 56 of 2001

    14 provisions

    The Authority’s main role is to regulate the private security industry and oversee security service providers in the public and national interest.

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  • South Africa

    Pharmacy Amendment Act

    Act 88 of 1997

    54 provisions

    This section amends several definitions in the Pharmacy Act, including adding and replacing terms such as body corporate, pharmacist intern, pharmacy, pharmacy practice, pharmacy student, pharmacy support personnel, registrar, responsible pharmacist, scheduled substance, and unprofessional conduct.

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  • South Africa

    Financial Sector Regulation Act

    Act 9 of 2017

    1,463 provisions

    This provision text only shows headings and the table of contents for section 4 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017.

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  • South Africa

    National Credit Act

    Act 34 of 2005

    79 provisions

    This section is the publication notice for the National Credit Act, 2005.

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  • South Africa

    Insurance Act

    Act 18 of 2017

    301 provisions

    This Act sets up a legal framework for prudential regulation and supervision of insurance business in South Africa and for microinsurance.

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  • South Africa

    Bible Society of South Africa Act Repeal Act

    Act 2 of 2009

    2 provisions

    This provision repeals two earlier Acts and transfers the Bible Society’s business, property, bonds, rights, obligations, and donation/bequest expectancies to the named successor body.

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  • South Africa

    Banks Amendment Act

    Act 22 of 2013

    104 provisions

    This section amends Section 1 of the Banks Act, 1990 by inserting a definition of “additional tier 1 capital.”

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