Fund-Raising Amendment Act, 1994

Please note that most Acts are published in English and another South African official language. Currently we only have capacity to publish the English versions. This means that this document will only contain even numbered pages as the other language is printed on uneven numbered pages. REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA STAATSKOERANT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA As 'n Nuusblad by die Poskantoor Geregistreer Registered at the Post Office as a Newspaper VoL. 354 KAAPSTAD, 9 DESEMBER 1994 CAPE TOWN, 9 DECEMBER 1994 No. 16146 KANTOOR VAN DIE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT No. 2118. 9 Desember 1994 No. 2118. 9 December 1994 Hierby word bekend gemaak dat die President sy goed keuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet, wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word: It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general informa tion: No. 43 van 1994: Wysigingswet op Fondsinsameling, 1994. No. 43 of 1994: Fund-Raising Amendment Act, 1994. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9 DECEMBER 1994 FUND-RAISING AMENDMENT ACT, 1994 No. 16146 3 Act No. 43, 1994 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Fund-raising Act, 1978, so as to provide for financial aid to organisations which render assistance to persons with psychosocial problems; and to provide for matters connected therewith. (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 25 November 1994.) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Amendment of section 15 of Act 107 of 1978, as amended by section 3 of Act 41 of 1980 and section 2 of Act 115 of 1991 5 1. Section 15 of the Fund-raising Act, 1978 {hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is .hereby amended by the insertion after the definition of "full-time member" of the following definition: " 'psychosocial problems' means problems in the interaction between a person's psyche and social environment caused by the trauma of violence;". 10 Amendment of section 18 of Act 107 of 1978, as amended by section 4 of Act 41 of 1980, section 1 of Act 19 of 1981, section 2 of Act 82 of 1983 and section 4 of Act 115 of 1991 2. Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (e) of the following paragraph: 15 "(e) 20 Short title the board of the Social Relief Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to make money [in] from the Fund available to organisations that in the opinion of the board are capable of rendering assistance to persons with psychosocial problems and of rendering such social relief of distress [that] as the board may deem fair and reasonable to members of communities that in the opinion of the board are victims of violence.". 3. This Act shall be called the Fund-raising Amendment Act, 1994.