Integration of Usury Laws Act

The Usury Act, 1968 also applies in the listed former homeland territories.

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 57 of 1996
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 1 Nov 1996
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compliance scope finance charges lending repeal

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The Usury Act, 1968 also applies in the listed former homeland territories. The laws listed in the Schedule’s second column are repealed. This section gives the Act its name: the Integration of Usury Laws Act, 1996. This provision identifies the Transkei Limitation and Disclosure of Finance Charges Act, 1987. Section 2 is headed “VENDA Act 41 of 1987 Usury Act, 1987.”

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The Usury Act, 1968, shall apply also in the areas which constituted the
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AI-assisted research summary: The Usury Act, 1968 also applies in the listed former homeland territories.

1. The Usury Act, 1968, shall apply also in the areas which constituted the national territories of the former Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei, and the areas for which the former Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa and Qwaqwa had been instituted.$ Repeal of laws
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The laws mentioned in the second column of the Schedule are hereby
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AI-assisted research summary: The laws listed in the Schedule’s second column are repealed.

2. The laws mentioned in the second column of the Schedule are hereby repealed. Short title
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The Act shall be called the Integration of Usury Laws Act, 1996.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the Act its name: the Integration of Usury Laws Act, 1996.

3. The Act shall be called the Integration of Usury Laws Act, 1996. SCHEDULE Laws Repealed ________________________________________________________________________________ Number and year of law Short title ________________________________________________________________________________
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TRANSKEI
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision identifies the Transkei Limitation and Disclosure of Finance Charges Act, 1987.

1. TRANSKEI Act 10 of 1987 Limitation and Disclosure of Finance Charges Act, 1987
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VENDA
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AI-assisted research summary: Section 2 is headed “VENDA Act 41 of 1987 Usury Act, 1987.”

2. VENDA Act 41 of 1987 Usury Act, 1987 ________________________________________________________________________________

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