The Government of South Africa - Acts: 2004

To appropriate amounts of money for the requirements of the State in respect of the financial year ending 31 March 2005.

To provide for legal security of tenure by transferring communal land, including KwaZulu-Natal Ingonyama land, to communities, or by awarding comparable redress; to provide for the conduct of a land rights enquiry to determine the transition from old order rights to new order rights; to provide for the democratic administration of communal land by communities; to provide for Land Rights Boards; to provide for the co-operative performance of municipal functions on communal land; to amend or repeal certain laws; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

To amend the Dental Technicians Act, 1979, so as to define "informally trained person"; to provide for the restricted registration of informally trained persons as dental technicians; to make direct billing by a dental technician contractor discretionary; to restrict the performance of certain acts by members of certain juristic persons; and to makel provision for the publication of draft regulations for comment; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

To appropriate additional amounts of money for the requirements of the Departments of Health, Social Development, Agriculture and Water Affairs and Forestry in respect of the 2003/2004 financial year.

To amend the Films and Publications Act, 1996, so as to make further provision for the prohibition of child pornography; to provide anew for the designation of the Chairperson of the Review Board; to make certain textual alterations; to make further provision regarding the classification of films and publications; to provide for the registration of internet service providers; to provide for an obligation to report offences involving child pornography; and to increase penalties for offences involving child pornography; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

This Act amends the Immigration Act of 2002.

This Act aims to regulate the power of a municipality to impose rates on properties and to exclude certain properties from rates.

To amend the National Payment System Act, 1998, so as to provide for the withdrawal of recognition of a payment system management body by the South African Reserve Bank; to provide for designated settlement systems; to enable payments to third persons; and to provide for the issuance of directives by the South African Reserve Bank; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

To provide for the strengthening of measures to prevent and combat corruption and corrupt activities; to provide for the offence of corruption and offences relating to corrupt activities; to provide for investigative measures in respect of corruption and related corrupt activities; to provide for the establishment and endorsement of a Register in order to place certain restrictions on persons and enterprises convicted of corrupt activities relating to tenders and contracts; to place a duty on certain persons holding a position of authority to report certain corrupt

To amend the South African Citizenship Act, 1995, so as to repeal a provision in terms of which a person may be deprived of citizenship by virtue of the use of the citizenship of another country, and to make provision for other penalties instead of the loss of citizenship; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

To amend the Transfer Duty Act of 1949, as well as the Customs and Excise Act of 1964, the Stamp Duties Act of 1968, the Value-Added Tax Act of 1991, the Tax on Retirement Funds Act of 1996, the Revenue Laws Amendment Act of 1999, the Second Revenue Laws Amendment Act of 2001, the Exchange Control, Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act of 2003 and the Revenue Laws Amendment Act of 2003.