INTERPRETATION ACT [Chapter 1:01] (as amended 1st March 2005)
assessors, means a magistrate as assisted by
such assessors;
“municipality” means a municipality established or deemed to have been established in
terms of the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15], including a municipality that has
been declared to be a city in terms of that or
any other Act, and any reference to a municipal
council, a municipal area or the area of a
municipal council shall be construed accordingly;
“oath” or “affidavit”, in the case of persons
allowed by law to affirm instead of swearing,
includes affirmation, and the expression
“swear” in such a case includes “affirm”;
“provincial council” means a provincial
council established in terms of the Provincial
Councils and Administration Act [Chapter 29:11];
“public holiday” or “holiday” means a public holiday specified in terms of subsection (1)
or declared in terms of subsection (2) of section
2 of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of
Business Act [Chapter 10:21];
“Public Service” means the Public Service
referred to in subsection (1) of section 73 of the
Constitution;
“Public Service Commission” means the
Public Service Commission referred to in
subsection (1) of section 74 of the Constitution;
“offence” means a criminal offence;
“Parks and Wild Life Estate” means the
Parks and Wild Life Estate as described in the
Parks and Wild Life Act [Chapter 20:14];
‘‘parks and wild life land” means parks and
wild life land as described in the Parks and
Wild Life Act [Chapter 20:14];
“person” or “party” includes—
(a) any company incorporated or registered
as such under an enactment; or
“Registrar of Deeds” means any person
who has the power to do any act or thing in a
deeds registry in terms of subsection. (2) of
section 4 of the Deeds Registries [Chapter 20:05];
“regulation”, “rule”, “by-law”, “order” or
“notice” means respectively a regulation, rule,
by-law, order or notice in force under the
enactment under which it was made;
“repeal” includes rescind, revoke and cancel;
(b) any body of persons, corporate or unincorporated; or
“rules of court”, when used in relation to
any court, means rules made by the authority
having for the time being power to make rules
or orders regulating the practice and procedure
of such court;
(c) any local or other similar authority;
“Police Force” means the Police Force referred to in section 93 of the Constitution;
“police officer’’ means any Regular Force
member as defined in section 2 of the Police
Act [Chapter 11:10];
“rural district council” means a rural district council established in terms of the Rural
District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13], and
any reference to a rural district council area or
the area of a rural district council shall be
construed accordingly;
“primary court” means a primary court
constituted in terms of the Customary Law and
Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05];
“prison” means a prison established under
the Prisons Act [Chapter 7:11];
“Prison Service” means the Prison Service
referred to in subsection (1) of section 99 of the
Constitution;
“sign”, with reference to a person who is
unable to write his name, includes make his
mark;
"standard scale" means the standard scale
of fines referred to in section 346A of the
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