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Stock Theft Amendment Act, 1993 (No. 19 of 1993).

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia No. 703, 30 August 1003, pp. 1-4.
Long title
An Act to amend the Stock Theft Act, 1990, so as to assign the administration of the Act to the Minister of Home Affairs; to provide for minimum sentences in respect of certain convictions and to prohibit the suspension or postponement of a sentence or a discharge with a caution or a reprimand in such cases; to remove certain restrictions relating to the justiciability of certain offences, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Ownership Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act amends the Stock Theft Act in relation with the administration of provisions of the Act, in relation with penalties, the jurisdiction of the Magistrates’ Courts in respect of penalties and conditions at which persons can be convicted for an offence committed under the principal Act.

Full text
English
Website
www.parliament.gov.na

References - Legislation

Amends

Stock Theft Act (No. 44 of 1990).

Legislation | Namibia | 1990

Keyword: Animal production, Ownership, Animal by-products, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX