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Amendment of section 20 of Act 27 of 2003
55. Section 20 of the Natural Scientific Professions Act, 2003, is hereby amended by
the substitution for subparagraph (i) of subsection (4)(a) of the following subparagraph:
‘‘(i) if, after the commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of South
Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), the applicant has been convicted of [an
offence] a crime specified in Schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977
(Act No. 51 of 1977), whether [either] in the Republic or elsewhere, and
sentenced to imprisonment [for a period exceeding three months, or to a]
without an option of a fine [as alternative thereto];’’.
Short title
56. This Act is called the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Act, 2011.
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