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ZAF-1998-L-50934
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Title_of_text
Sterilisation Act, 1998 (No. 44 of 1998).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-09-04
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Permits consensual sterilisation of persons above the age of 18. Persons not capable of consenting (as in the case of mental disability) may be sterilised with the consent of a parent, spouse, guardian, or curator, and with the approval of a specified medical panel.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1999-02-01
Government Gazette, No. 19725
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1999-01-29 (ZAF-1999-R-52333)
Regulations under the Sterilisation Act, 1998 (No. R100 of 1999).
Implementing text(s)
1999-01-29 (ZAF-1999-R-52333)
Regulations under the Sterilisation Act, 1998 (No. R100 of 1999).
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette
Date
1998-09-04
Volume
Vol. 399
Number
No. 19216
Page range
7 p.