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NAMLEX
INDEX TO THE LAWS OF NAMIBIA

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2004 UPDATE

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INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UPDATES
TERMINOLOGY
FORMAT
ABBREVIATIONS
TRANSFER PROCLAMATIONS
A BRIEF LEGAL HISTORY OF NAMIBIA
LEGAL BACKGROUND OF SPECIFIC AREAS
LIST OF STATUTES and
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

NAMLEX INDEX

A
Abortion (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
Accommodation establishments (see TOURISM)
ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS
Admiralty court (see COURTS)
Adoption (see CHILDREN)
Advocates (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Aeroplanes and aeroports (see AVIATION)
Agricultural Bank (see AGRICULTURE)
AGRICULTURE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Alcoholism (see HEALTH)
Aliens and citizens (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
Amnesty (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Anatomical donations (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
ANIMALS
APPROPRIATIONS
ARBITRATION
ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS
ARCHIVES
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Army (see DEFENCE)
Art (see CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS)
Attorneys (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
AVIATION

B
Bankruptcy (see INSOLVENCY)
Banks (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Bills of exchange (see NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS)
Birds (see ANIMALS)
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
‘BLACKS’
Blind persons (see DISABILITIES)
Bonds (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
BROADCASTING
Building Societies (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Bursaries (see EDUCATION)

C
Caprivi Zipfel (see CONSTITUTION)
Casinos (see TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
CENSORSHIP
CENSUS AND STATISTICS
Cheques (see NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS)
Chiefs and headmen (see CUSTOMARY LAW)
CHILDREN
CHURCHES
Citizenship (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Civil defence (see DEFENCE)
Close Corporations (see COMPANIES)
Coat of arms (see CONSTITUTION)
‘COLOURED PERSONS’
Commissioners of Oaths (see LAW)
COMMISSIONS
Commonwealth relations (see CONSTITUTION)
COMMUNICATIONS
Community courts (see COURTS)
COMPANIES
CONSTITUTION
Constitutional appointments (see CONSTITUTION)
Conservation (see ENVIRONMENT)
Consumer law (see PURCHASE AND SALE; TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
CONTRACTS
COOPERATIVES
Copyrights (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Corruption (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Cosmetics (see HEALTH)
COURTS
Creditors (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
CURRENCY
CUSTOMARY LAW
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

D
DAMAGES
Deaths (see BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS; INQUESTS; POST MORTEMS AND ANATOMY)
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
DEEDS
DEFENCE
Demonstrations (see PUBLIC GATHERINGS)
Dentists (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
Development (see FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT)
Development brigades (see LABOUR)
Diamonds (see MINING AND MINERALS)
Disabled persons (see DISABILITIES)
DISABILITIES
Diseases (see HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS)
Disinfectants (see HEALTH)
Divorce (see MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE)
Doctors (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

E
EDUCATION
ELECTIONS
ELECTRICITY
Employment (see LABOUR)
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENT
ESTATE AGENTS
ESTATES
EVIDENCE
Exchange control (see CURRENCY)
Exclusive Economic Zone (see SEA AND SEASHORE)
EXPLOSIVES
Expropriation (see LAND)
Extradition (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)

F
Family (see CHILDREN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MAINTENANCE; MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE)
FILMS
FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Fire brigades (see REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Fishing (see MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESOURCES)
Food (see HEALTH)
Foreigners (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
Forests (see ENVIRONMENT)

G
Gambling (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
Government attorney (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Government service (see PUBLIC SERVICE)

H
Hawkers (see LABOUR)
HEALTH
Heraldry (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
High Court (see COURTS)
Hire-purchase (see PURCHASE AND SALE)
HOSPITALS
Hotels (see TOURISM)
HOUSING
HUMAN RIGHTS
Husband and wife (see MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; MAINTENANCE)

I
Identity documents (see CENSUS AND STATISTICS)
Illness (see HEALTH)
Immigration (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
IMPORT AND EXPORT
INCOME TAX
Industry (see TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
Inheritance (see SUCCESSION)
INQUESTS
Insanity (see MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS)
INSOLVENCY
INSURANCE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Interest (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Interpretation of laws (see LAW)
J
JUDGES
Justices of the Peace (see LAW)

K
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L
LABOUR
LAND
LANDLORD AND TENANT
LAW
Law reform (see LAW)
Lawyers (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Legal aid (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
LIBRARIES
Liquor (see ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES)
Loans (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
Local government (see REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

M
Magistrates’ courts (see COURTS)
MAINTENANCE
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESOURCES
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Measurements (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
Media (see BROADCASTING; COMMUNICATIONS; FILMS; POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS; PRESS AND PRINTING)
MEDICAL AID
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS
MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS
Mercantile law (see COMPANIES)
Merchandise marks (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
METEOROLOGY
Mines (see MINING AND MINERALS)
MINING AND MINERALS
Minors (see CHILDREN)
Money and monetary system (see CURRENCY; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Monuments (see NATIONAL HERITAGE)
Mortgages (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
Motor vehicles (see ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORTATION)
Movies (see FILMS)
Museums (see ARCHIVES; CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; NATIONAL HERITAGE)

N
National anthem (see CONSTITUTION)
National coat of arms (see CONSTITUTION)
National intelligence (see DEFENCE)
NATIONAL HERITAGE
National Planning Commission (see CONSTITUTION)
National security (see DEFENCE)
Natural resources (see ENVIRONMENT; LAND)
Nature conservation (see ENVIRONMENT; LAND)
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
Newspapers (see PRESS AND PRINTING)
Nurses (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)

O
Obscenity (see CENSORSHIP)
Oil (see MINING AND MINERALS)
Oil pollution (see ENVIRONMENT)
Ombudsman (see CONSTITUTION)

P
Parastatals (see subject matter dealt with by parastatal)
Passports (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
Patents (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Pathology (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
PENSIONS
Petroleum (see MINING AND MINERALS)
Pharmacists (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
POLICE
Pollution (see ENVIRONMENT)
Pornography (see CENSORSHIP)
Ports (see SHIPPING)
Post mortems (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PRESCRIPTION
PRESIDENT
PRESS AND PRINTING
PRISONS
Professions (see ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS; ANIMALS-veterinarians; ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS; ENGINEERING; ESTATE AGENTS, LAND-land surveyors; LEGAL PRACTITIONERS; MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS; SECURITY OFFICERS, SOCIAL WELFARE-social workers and social auxiliary workers)
Prostitution (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Psychiatrists (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
Psychologists (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
PUBLIC GATHERINGS
Public health (see HEALTH)
Public holidays (see SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS)
PUBLIC SERVICE
PURCHASE AND SALE

Q
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R
Racial Discrimination (see ‘BLACKS’; CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Radio (see BROADCASTING)
RAILWAYS
Rape (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Red Cross (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
Refugees (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REHOBOTH GEBIET
REPEALS OF DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION
Research (see SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH)
REVENUE
ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORTATION

S
Sales tax (see REVENUE)
Schools (see EDUCATION)
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
SEA AND SEASHORE
Security guards (see SECURITY OFFICERS)
SECURITY OFFICERS
SHIPPING
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social services (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
SOCIAL WELFARE
Social workers (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
SPORTS
Stamp duty (see REVENUE)
Standards (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
State finance (see FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT; REVENUE)
State revenue (see REVENUE)
Statistics (see CENSUS AND STATISTICS)
Stock exchange (see STOCKS AND SECURITIES)
Stock theft (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
STOCKS AND SECURITIES
Students (see EDUCATION)
SUCCESSION
SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Supreme Court (see COURTS)
Sureties (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)

T
Tax (see INCOME TAX; REVENUE)
Telecommunications (see POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
Telephones (see POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
Television (see BROADCASTING; COMMUNICATION)
Tender board (see TENDERS)
TENDERS
Time (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
TOURISM
Town planning (see LAND)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Trademarks (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Traditional healers (see MEDICINE AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS)
Traditional leaders (see CUSTOMARY LAW)
Transfer duty (see REVENUE)
TRANSFER PROCLAMATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Treaties (see INTERNATIONAL LAW)
TRUSTS

U
Usury (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)

V
Value-added tax (see REVENUE)
Venereal disease (see HEALTH)
Veterinarians (see ANIMALS)
Videos (see FILMS)
Violence against women and children (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Vocational training (see EDUCATION)
Voting (see ELECTIONS)

W
Walvis Bay (see CONSTITUTION)
WATER
Weather (see METEOROLOGY)
WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS
Welfare (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
‘WHITES’
Wills (see SUCCESSION)
Witchcraft (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Workman’s compensation (see LABOUR)

X
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Y
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Z
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