General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act | Act 11 of 2013 — South Africa law | Esheria

General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act

This section amends section 1 of the Act by replacing the definitions of “Agency,” “counter-intelligence,” and “departmental intelligence.”

Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 11 of 2013
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Updated
Official source
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Statute overview

About this statute

This section amends section 1 of the Act by replacing the definitions of “Agency,” “counter-intelligence,” and “departmental intelligence.” This provision amends several definitions in the Act, including “state security matter,” “national security,” “intelligence,” and related intelligence-structure terms. This provision amends section 2 to update the Agency’s functions, tighten the national-security intelligence wording, and add or revise several definitions. This provision expands the Agency’s functions for electronic communications and cryptography and exempts it from certain licensing requirements when carrying out those functions. This section amends Section 2A to rename security screening as vetting investigations, set out who may conduct them, assign the Agency responsibility for vetting, and exempt the Agency from certain licensing requirements when doing specified communications work.

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