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ZAF-2017-L-108810
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Title_of_text
Refugees Amendment Act (Act No. 11 of 2017).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Migrant workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-12-14
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
To amend the Refugees Act, 1998, so as to amend and insert certain definitions; to include further provisions relating to disqualification from refugee status; to provide for integrity measures to combat fraud and corruption among staff members at Refugee Reception Offices, the Standing Committee and the Refugee Appeals Authority; to omit provisions referring to the Status Determination Committee; to substitute certain provisions relating to the Refugee Appeals Authority; to provide for the re-establishment of the Standing Committee for Refugee Affairs and to confer additional powers on the Standing Committee; to confer additional powers on the Director-General; to clarify the procedure relating to conditions attached to asylum seeker visas and abandonment of applications; to revise provisions relating to the review of asylum applications; to provide for the withdrawal of refugee status in respect of categories of refugees; to provide for additional offences and penalties; to provide for transitional provisions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1998-12-02 (ZAF-1998-L-51659)
Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
South African Government Information, South Africa
URL
https://www.gov.za/
File
ZAF108810.pdf (PDF)