TRANSKEIAN PENAL CODE REPEAL BILL TABLED IN PARLIAMENT

TRANSKEIAN PENAL CODE REPEAL BILL TABLED IN PARLIAMENT

• 16 December 2022
• New Legislation
• SA Legal Academy

Once in force, the Bill will reinstate common-law rules, crimes and defences abolished in 1983 by a code specifically applicable to the area formerly known as the Republic of Transkei. This is according to a memorandum on the Bill’s objects. Tabled in the National Assembly shortly before Parliament went into recess for this year’s festive season, the Bill was approved by Cabinet on 1 December 2022. At the time, a media statement on the meeting noted the Bill’s significance in the context of government’s commitment to a unitary judicial system and moves afoot to deal appropriately with the ‘continued existence of apartheid-era legislation’.

• the Bill
• a media statement on the 1 December 2022 Cabinet meeting

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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