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NAMLEX INDEX TO THE LAWS OF NAMIBIA LEGAL ASSISTANCE
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INFORMATION
CURRENT TO 31 December 2004
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© Legal
Assistance Centre 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
PO Box 604
Windhoek
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223356
fax: (061) 234953
e-mail: info@lac.org.na
ISBN: 99916-740-6-3
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
UPDATES TERMINOLOGY FORMAT ABBREVIATIONS TRANSFER PROCLAMATIONS A BRIEF LEGAL HISTORY OF NAMIBIA LEGAL BACKGROUND OF SPECIFIC AREAS LIST OF STATUTES and INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| G | ||
| Gambling
(see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; TRADE AND INDUSTRY) Government attorney (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS) Government service (see PUBLIC SERVICE) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| J | ||
| JUDGES Justices of the Peace (see LAW) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| O | ||
| Obscenity
(see CENSORSHIP) Oil (see MINING AND MINERALS) Oil pollution (see ENVIRONMENT) Ombudsman (see CONSTITUTION) |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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