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Purpose and legislative effect
“The Minister of Finance may redeem certain obligations tied to South Africa’s assumed liability for specified Namibia-related debts, may increase State Debt accordingly, and must publish the effective date in the Gazette.”
The Minister of Finance may redeem certain obligations tied to South Africa’s assumed liability for specified Namibia-related debts, may increase State Debt accordingly, and must publish the effective date in the Gazette. This section gives the Act its short title: Exchequer Amendment Act, 1997.
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The Minister of Finance may redeem certain obligations tied to South Africa’s assumed liability for specified Namibia-related debts, may increase State Debt accordingly, and must publish the effective date in the Gazette.
Section 52C
This section gives the Act its short title: Exchequer Amendment Act, 1997.
Section 2
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Source record from www.parliament.gov.za · Record updated 7 Mar 1997
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