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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

    Companies Amendment Act

    Act 35 of 2001

    32 provisions

    This Act amends the Companies Act, 1973 to allow electronic lodgement and access to required documents, provide for related fees, and further regulate a company’s acquisition of its own shares.

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  • South Africa

    National Forests Act

    Act 84 of 1998

    29 provisions

    This notice says the President assented to the National Forests Act, 1998, and that it is published for general information.

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  • South Africa

    Companies Second Amendment Act

    Act 60 of 1998

    2 provisions

    This section sets rules for uncertificated securities, including registers, transfers, withdrawals, and offences.

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  • South Africa

    Companies Amendment Act

    Act 35 of 1998

    23 provisions

    This provision amends the definition of “external company” and expands what counts as “hold” for a later subsection.

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  • South Africa

    Financial Markets Act

    Act 19 of 2012

    88 provisions

    This section concerns how amended listing requirements apply to securities that were already listed.

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  • South Africa

    Eskom Amendment Act

    Act 126 of 1998

    5 provisions

    This Act amends the Eskom Act, 1987 to vest ownership of Eskom’s owner’s equity in the State and remove Eskom’s exemption from certain taxes and charges.

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  • South Africa

    Broadband Infraco Act

    Act 33 of 2007

    8 provisions

    This text notifies that the Broadband Infraco Act, 2007 has been assented to and published, and says the Act is intended to deal with the transfer of assets to the State and related powers and land access matters.

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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

    Post Office Amendment Act

    Act 11 of 1997

    7 provisions

    This section is an amendment marker: it shows omitted and inserted text in an existing enactment.

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  • 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

    Development Bank of Southern Africa Act

    Act 13 of 1997

    8 provisions

    This provision defines key terms, says the DBSA continues as the Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited, and requires company registration steps by the Registrar of Companies.

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