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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.

942 matching statutes

  • South Africa

    Tax Administration Act

    Act 28 of 2011

    922 provisions

    This section is a set of headings about delegations by the Commissioner, legal proceedings on behalf of the Commissioner, the Minister’s powers and duties, and the Minister’s power to appoint a Tax Ombud.

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  • South Africa

    Companies Act

    Act 71 of 2008

    200 provisions

    Section 10 is titled “Modified application with respect to non-profit companies.”

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  • South Africa

    Property Practitioners Act

    Act 22 of 2019

    144 provisions

    This section introduces an Act regulating property practitioners and related institutions, including the Board, the Authority, staff appointments, consumer protection, transformation, and repeal of the older estate agency law.

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  • South Africa

    Immigration Amendment Act

    Act 19 of 2004

    54 provisions

    This preamble says the Act aims to regulate the admission, residence, and departure of foreigners and to support efficient immigration control.

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  • South Africa

    Co-operatives Amendment Act

    Act 6 of 2013

    435 provisions

    This section amends section 1 of the Co-operatives Act, 2005 by changing and adding definitions, including replacing the definition of “Advisory Board” with “Advisory Council”.

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  • South Africa

    Immigration Amendment Act

    Act 13 of 2011

    33 provisions

    This section amends several definitions in the principal immigration Act, including terms for visas, passports, ports of entry, spouses, status, and immigration officers.

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  • South Africa

    Pension Funds Amendment Act

    Act 11 of 2007

    10 provisions

    This section amends several definitions in the Pension Funds Act, including actuarial surplus, Adjudicator, administrative penalty, and administrator.

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  • South Africa

    Safe Deposit of Securities Amendment Act

    Act 70 of 1996

    16 provisions

    This section amends definitions in the principal Act, including key terms for accounts, repositories, depositary institutions, participants, and related securities records.

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  • South Africa

    Plant Breeders' Rights Act

    Act 12 of 2018

    115 provisions

    This section identifies the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 2018 and sets out its main subject matter: granting and protecting plant breeders’ rights, the requirements for those rights, and related licences.

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  • South Africa

    Banks Amendment Act

    Act 19 of 2003

    74 provisions

    This section says that bold text in square brackets marks omissions, and underlined text marks insertions.

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  • South Africa

    Liquor Act

    Act 59 of 2003

    25 provisions

    This section is titled “Voluntary cancellation,” but no operative rule is provided in the supplied text.

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  • South Africa

    National Small Business Act

    Act 102 of 1996

    7 provisions

    This section defines key terms used in the Act, including the Agency, Board, Minister, prescribed, regulation, small business, and small business organisation.

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  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 17 of 2023

    133 provisions

    This section amends tax law definitions and retirement-fund rules, including a market-value adjustment for certain foreign companies and payout rules for retirement interests.

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  • South Africa

    Aliens Control Amendment Act

    Act 76 of 1995

    37 provisions

    This section amends the arrangement of the Aliens Control Act, 1991 by renaming several chapter headings and deleting some headings and phrases.

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