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REGULATION OF INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
PROVISION OF COMMUNICATION-RELATED INFORMATION
AMENDMENT ACT 48 OF 2008
[ASSENTED TO 6 JANUARY 2009]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 1 JULY 2009]
(Unless otherwise indicated)

(English text signed by the President)
ACT
To amend the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of
Communication-related Information Act, 2002, so as to insert certain new
definitions and to amend certain definitions; to provide afresh for information to
be obtained and kept in respect of cellular phones and SIM-cards; to further
regulate offences and penalties; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:1
Amends section 1 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision
of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 , as follows: paragraph (a) inserts
the definitions of 'activate' and 'address'; paragraph (b) substitutes the definition of
'customer'; paragraph (c) inserts the definition of 'family member'; paragraph (d)
substitutes the definition of 'identification document'; paragraph (e) inserts the definition
of 'identity number'; and paragraph (f) inserts the definition of 'informal settlement'.
2
Substitutes section 40 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and
Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 .
3
Amends section 51 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and
Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 , as follows: paragraph
(a) substitutes subsection (1) (a) (i); paragraph (b) inserts subsections (3A), (3B), (3C)
and (3D); and paragraph (c) deletes the word 'or' at the end of subsection (5) (b) and
inserts paragraph (b A ) .
[Date of commencement of s. 3: 1 August 2009.]
4
Amends section 62 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and
Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 by substituting
subsection (6).
5
Inserts sections 62A, 62B and 62C in the Regulation of Interception of
Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 .
6
Substitutes section 63 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and
Provision of Communication-related Information Act 70 of 2002 .
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Short title and commencement
This Act is called the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of
Communication-related Information Amendment Act, 2008, and comes into operation on
a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette .
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