South African Passports and Travel Documents Amendment Act

12 November 1997 No. 1505.

12 November 1997 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:— Hierby word bekend gemaak dat die President sy goedkeuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:— No, 49 of 1997: South Afi-ican Passports and Travel Docments Amendment Act, 1997. No. 49 van 1997: Wysigingswet op Suid-Afnkaanse Paspoorte en Reisdokumente, 1997. ~ X(). 1s41s ,Act No. 4 9 . 1 9 9 7 GOVLRN\l F.\”-r mzmm. I 2 ,xf)v E31t3t R I w)~ —.— SOU rfl ,\l’RICAN PASSPORTS /\ND IRAVJZ1. DOC(~\fEX”[S .AMENDklEN”r /\(-T. 1997 GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: [ 1 Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in exisling e n a c t m e n t s. ACT To amend the South African Passports and Travel Documents Act, 1994, so as to provide for certain definitions; and to provide for matters connected therewith. (English text signed by the President.) (Assented [o 6 November 1997.) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:— Amendment of section 1 of Act 4 of 1994

1. Section 1 of the South African Passports and Tmvel Documents Act, 1994 (Act No. 4 of 1994), is hereby amended by the insertion after the definition of “Minister” of the following definition: ‘< ‘minor’ means any person who has not yet attained the age of 18 years, excluding a person who has been declared a major in temls of the Age of Majority Act, 1972 (Act No. 57 of 1972), or who has contracted a legal marriage or who is emancipated;”. 5 10 Amendment of section 1 of Act 192 of 1993

2. Section 1 of the Guardianship Act, 1993, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph: “(d) the application for a passport [by one of the parents in which the minor child is to be specified as the child of the prospective passport holder]& 15 or on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years;” Short title

3. This Act shall be called, the South African Passports and Travel Documents Amendment Act, 1997.