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PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION No. 82
The laws mentioned in the second column of the
Schedule are hereby repealed as indicated in the third
column of the Schedule, to the extent that such laws were
in force immediately prior to the commencement of the
Constitution in the various territories of the national territory of the Republic as set out in the fourth column of
the Schedule.
Section 53
Short title and commencement
This Act shall be called the Plant Breeders’ Rights
Act, 1976, and shall come into operation on a date to be
fixed by the State President by proclamation in
the Gazette.
Extension of application of Act 15 of 1976
The principal Act shall apply throughout the Republic.
SCHEDULE
LAWS REPEALED BY SECTION 30
Number and year of Law
Short Title
Extent of repeal
Area in respect of which law is
repealed
Act No. 22 of 1964
Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1964
The whole
The territory of the former
Republic of Transkei
Act No. 72 of 1969
Plant Breeders’ Rights
Amendment Act, 1969
The whole
The territory of the former
Republic of Transkei
Act No. 15 of 1976
Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1976
The whole
The territories of the former
Republic of Bophuthatswana,
Venda and Ciskei and the
territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
KaNgwane
Act No. 5 of 1980
Plant Breeders’ Rights
Amendment Act, 1980
The whole
The territory of the former
Republic of Ciskei and the
territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
KaNgwane
Act No.14 of 1981
Plant Breeders’ Rights
Amendment Act, 1981
The whole
The territory of the former
Republic of Ciskei and the
territories of the former selfgoverning territories of Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
KaNgwane
Act No. 38 of 1983
Plant Breeders’ Rights
The whole
The territories of the former
self-governing territories of
Lebowa, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa,
KwaZulu, KwaNdebele and
KaNgwane
Amendment Act, 1983
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