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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

    Electronic Communications Amendment Act

    Act 1 of 2014

    106 provisions

    This section amends the Act’s definitions by inserting definitions for the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa, allocation, and assignment.

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  • South Africa

    National Conventional Arms Control Amendment Act

    Act 73 of 2008

    20 provisions

    The section changes the Committee’s functions so they focus on controlling trade in controlled items, related assistance or services in armed-conflict countries, and on supporting a legitimate, effective, transparent control process.

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  • South Africa

    National Gambling Act

    Act 7 of 2004

    43 provisions

    This section sets out the criteria for issuing a testing agent licence.

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  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 27 of 1997

    45 provisions

    This provision amends section 18 of the Transfer Duty Act, 1949, replacing “Supreme Court” with “High Court” in subsections (1) and (2), and updating subsection (3) to refer to appeals to the Supreme Court of Appeal.

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  • South Africa

    Health Professions Amendment Act

    Act 29 of 2007

    64 provisions

    This provision amends section 1 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 by adding, replacing, deleting, and redefining several terms.

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  • South Africa

    Revenue Laws Amendment Act

    Act 35 of 2007

    49 provisions

    This section amends transfer duty and tax-related rules, including where certain payments may be made and when no duty is payable for specified property acquisitions.

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  • South Africa

    Land Survey Act

    Act 8 of 1997

    19 provisions

    This section defines key terms and gives the Minister and Chief Surveyor-General powers and duties about survey offices and surveying services.

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  • South Africa

    Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act

    Act 59 of 2002

    18 provisions

    This section amends section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act by inserting a definition of “magistrate” and replacing the definition of “practitioner”.

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  • South Africa

    Insurance Second Amendment Act

    Act 51 of 1998

    3 provisions

    A domestic insurer may hold shares in its holding company only with prior approval from the registrar and any conditions the registrar imposes, and it may not vote at relevant holding company meetings.

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  • South Africa

    Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act

    Act 72 of 2008

    51 provisions

    This section publishes an amendment Act and inserts or substitutes several product definitions, including cosmetics, foodstuffs, IVDs, medical devices, medical device establishments, medicine, and products.

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  • South Africa

    Adjustments Appropriation Act

    Act 27 of 2004

    67 provisions

    Money in the Schedule is appropriated from the National Revenue Fund for the State’s requirements for the financial year ending 31 March 2005, subject to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999.

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  • South Africa

    Public Investment Corporation Act

    Act 23 of 2004

    10 provisions

    This provision sets up the Public Investment Corporation and requires the Registrar of Companies and the Minister to take steps to register and sign its founding documents.

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  • South Africa

    Appropriation Act

    Act 15 of 2004

    19 provisions

    Money is appropriated from the National Revenue Fund for the State’s requirements for the financial year ending 31 March 2005, as listed in the Schedule.

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  • South Africa

    South African Boxing Act

    Act 11 of 2001

    16 provisions

    This section explains the act’s text-marking conventions and introduces the Act’s purpose, which is to regulate professional boxing, recognise amateur boxing, and set up Boxing SA.

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