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Company law in South Africa

Company formation, governance, directors, ownership, filings, and corporate obligations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

3,244 matching statutes

  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 30 of 2000

    66 provisions

    This section amends inquiry procedures and a transfer duty rule, including rights to attend, be represented, and keep inquiries private, plus a duty exemption for certain public benefit organisation transfers.

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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

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 30 of 1998

    73 provisions

    This section replaces section 5 of the Marketable Securities Tax Act, 1948, and the new section is titled "Penalty on late payments".

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  • South Africa

    Demutualisation Levy Act

    Act 50 of 1998

    9 provisions

    This section defines terms used in the Act and says some words keep the meaning given in the Income Tax Act unless context shows otherwise.

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  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 22 of 2012

    9 provisions

    This provision amends several sections of the Income Tax Act, including rules on deductions, exemptions, reporting, and carry-forwards.

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  • South Africa

    Revenue Laws Amendment Act

    Act 59 of 2000

    56 provisions

    This section amends section 1 of the Income Tax Act by changing several definitions, including gross income and resident, and by adding an international headquarter company definition.

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  • South Africa

    Eskom Conversion Act

    Act 13 of 2001

    6 provisions

    This section defines several terms used in the Act, including “Minister,” “Eskom Act,” “Companies Act,” “Income Tax Act,” “security,” and “Shareholder compact.”

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  • South Africa

    Insolvency Second Amendment Act

    Act 69 of 2002

    12 provisions

    This section mainly contains formatting notes and an amendment heading; it does not itself set out a substantive rule in the text provided.

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  • South Africa

    Income Tax Act

    Act 21 of 1994

    42 provisions

    This section concerns normal tax rates and several related transitional, amendment, repeal, and administrative provisions.

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  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 9 of 2005

    20 provisions

    The section raises the transfer duty brackets and applies the new rates to property transactions from 1 March 2005.

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  • South Africa

    Taxation Laws Amendment Act

    Act 8 of 2007

    50 provisions

    The dutiable amount of an estate is worked out by subtracting R3,5 million from the estate’s net value.

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  • South Africa

    Income Tax Act

    Act 28 of 1997

    42 provisions

    This excerpt identifies the Income Tax Act, 1997 and says it fixes normal tax rates for persons other than companies for the relevant years of assessment.

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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

    South African Postbank Limited Amendment Act

    Act 44 of 2013

    30 provisions

    This section amends the definitions in section 1 of the principal Act: “Minister” is redefined as the Minister responsible for communications, and the definition of “Registrar of Banks” is deleted.

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  • South Africa

    Financial Sector Laws Amendment Act

    Act 23 of 2021

    197 provisions

    This section inserts a new section into the Insolvency Act, 1936, after section 22, titled “Liquidation of designated institutions.”

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