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Welfare Laws Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 106 of 1997).

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First Region

South Africa
Social assistance and services
1997-11-27
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Amends the Child Care Act (No. 74 of 1983) to broaden the categories of persons who may care for certain children apart from their parents for a period longer than 14 days. Amends the Social Assistance Act to provide for grants for aged persons, disabled persons, and war veterans; also provides for child-support grants, foster child grants, and care-dependency grants. Also substitutes provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Director-General with respect to investigations, application for grants, and penalties for misspending or false representation.

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    Serial title
    Government Gazette
    Date
    1997-12-19
    Volume
    Vol. 390
    Number
    No. 18520
    Page range
    23 p.