Portal:Acts of the Parliament of South Africa

“ If, after all reasonable steps have been taken as required by section 71, a third party is not informed of a request, any decision whether to grant the request for access must be made with due regard to the fact that the third party did not have the opportunity to make representations in terms of section 72 why the request should be refused. ”

“ If no provision for the correction of personal information in a record of a public or private body exists, that public or private body must take reasonable steps to establish adequate and appropriate internal measures providing for such correction until legislation providing for such correction takes effect.
Part 7
General provisions
Liability
89. No person is criminally or civilly liable for anything done in good faith in the exercise or performance or purported exercise or performance of any power or duty in terms of this Act. ”

“ A person who with intent to deny a right of access in terms of this Act—
(a)
destroys, damages or alters a record; (b)
conceals a record; or (c)
falsifies a record or makes a false record, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
(2) An information officer who wilfully or in a grossly negligent manner fails to comply with the provisions of section 14 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years. ”

“ If the functions of two or more public bodies are closely connected, the Minister may on request or of his or her own accord determine that the two or more bodies compile one manual only.
(b) The public bodies in question must share the cost of the compilation and making available of such manual as the Minister determines.
(5) For security, administrative or financial reasons, the Minister may, on request or of his or her own accord by notice in the Gazette, exempt any public body or category of public bodies from any provision of this section for such period as the Minister thinks fit. ”

“ The Chief Justice must, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and the Magistrates Commission, develop the content of training courses with the view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised presiding officers for purposes of presiding in court proceedings as contemplated in this Act. ”

“ If the relevant person is—
(a)
under the age of 16 years, a person having parental responsibilities for the relevant person must make the nomination contemplated in subsection (1) ; or (b)
incapable of managing his or her affairs, a person appointed by the court to manage those affairs must make that nomination. ”

“ Any court contemplated in subsection (1) may—
(a)
receive representations ex parte; (b)
conduct hearings in camera; and (c)
prohibit the publication of such information in relation to the proceedings as the court determines, including information in relation to the parties to the proceedings and the contents of orders made by the court in the proceedings.
Proceedings are civil
81. ”