as amended by
Internal Security Amendment Act, No. 55 of 1986
Proclamation No. R. 21 of 1990
Internal Security and Intimidation Amendment Act, No. 138 of 1991
by the State President and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:―
1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the South African Police;
“Director” means the person appointed in terms of section 2 (2) to the office of Director of Security Legislation;
“document” includes any book, pamphlet, record, list, placard, poster, drawing, photograph or picture, or a film as defined in section 47 (1) of the Publications Act, 1974 (Act No, 42 of 1974);
“gathering” means, for the purposes of—
sections 20 (ii), 46 (1) (b) and (3) (b) and 48 (1) (b), any gathering, concourse or procession of any number of persons; any other provision of this Act, a gathering, concourse or procession of any number of persons having a common purpose, whether such purpose is lawful or unlawful;
“liquidator” means a person designated as such under section 13 (1) (b), and includes any person acting under his written authority;
“Minister” means the Minister of Justice, except in sections 29, 50, 71 and 72 (in the application of section 72 (c)), where it means the Minister of Law and Order;
“office-bearer”, in relation to any organization, means
ember of the governing or executive body of—
the organization; any branch, section or committee of the organization; or any local, regional or subsidiary body forming part of the organization;
“officer”, in relation to any organization, means any person working for the organization or for any branch, section or committee of the organization, or for any local, regional or subsidiary body forming part of the organization;
“organization” means any association of persons, incorporated or unincorporated, and whether or not it has been established or registered in accordance with any statute;
“periodical publication” means any publication appearing at intervals;
“place” means any place, whether or not it is a public place, and includes any premises. building, dwelling, flat, room, office, shop, structure, vessel, aircraft or vehicle, and any part of a place;
“police” means any body of men established or enrolled under any law and exercising or carrying out the powers, duties and functions of a police force, and includes any portion of the South African Defence Force when used for the prevention or suppression of terrorism or internal disorder;
“police officer” means any member of the Force as defined in section 1 of the Police Act, 1958 (Act No. 7 of 1958);
“publication” means any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, book, hand-bill or poster, and includes, for the purposes of section 56 (1) (b), any record or other object in or on which sound has been recorded for reproduction;
“this Act” includes any regulation made under any provision thereof;
“unlawful organization” means an organization which, under section 4, is declared to be an unlawful organization, and includes any branch, section or committee of any such organization and any local, regional or subsidiary body forming part of any such organization;
“violence” includes the inflicting of bodily harm upon or killing of, or the endangering of the safety of, any person, or the damaging, destruction or endangering of property.
2. (1) The Minister shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), appoint an officer, to be known as the Director of Security Legislation, who shall, subject to the control and directions of the Minister, perform the functions assigned to the Director by this Act as well as such other functions as the Minister may assign to him from time to time.
(2) The Minister shall, subject to the laws governing the public service, appoint to the office of Director of Security Legislation a person holding a degree or diploma in law.
(3) The Minister may appoint, subject to the laws governing the public service, one or more Deputy Directors of Security Legislation or one or more Assistant Directors of Security Legislation or one or more such Deputy Directors and one or more such Assistant Directors, who shall respectively have the power to perform, subject to the control and directions of the Director, any of the functions of the Director.