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See the BACKGROUND DOCUMENT for information about the legal history of Namibia, including information about Transfer Proclamations that affected the application of South African laws to Namibia
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Abortion (see MEDICINE)
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Accommodation establishments (see TOURISM)
ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS
Accreditation (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
Administration of estates (see INHERITANCE)
ADMIRALITY LAW
Adoption (see CHILDREN)
Advocates (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Aeroplanes and aeroports (see AVIATION)
Agricultural Bank (see AGRICULTURE)
AGRICULTURE
ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO
Alcoholism (see HEALTH)
Aliens and citizens (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
Amnesty (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Anatomical donations (see MEDICINE)
ANIMALS
APPROPRIATIONS
ARBITRATION
Architects (see LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS)
ARCHIVES
ARMS AND AMMUNITION
Army (see DEFENCE)
Art (see CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS)
Atomic energy (see ENVIRONMENT)
Attorneys (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
AVIATION
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Bankruptcy (see INSOLVENCY)
Banks (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Bills of exchange (see NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS)
Biological resources (see ENVIRONMENT)
Birds (see ANIMALS)
BIRTHS AND DEATHS
‘BLACKS’
Blind persons (see DISABILITIES; SOCIAL WELFARE)
Bonds (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
Broadcasting (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Building Societies (see FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS)
Bursaries (see EDUCATION)
BUSINESS
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Caprivi Zipfel (see CONSTITUTION)
Casinos (see GAMBLING)
Censorship (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
CENSUS AND STATISTICS
Cheques (see NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS)
Chiefs and headmen (see CUSTOMARY LAW)
CHILDREN
CHURCHES
Cigarettes (see ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO)
Citizenship (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Civil defence (see DISASTERS)
CIVIL REGISTRATION
Close Corporations (see BUSINESS)
Coat of Arms (see CONSTITUTION)
Commissioners of Oaths (see LAW)
COMMISSIONS
Communications (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Community courts (see COURTS)
Companies (see BUSINESS)
Conservation (see ENVIRONMENT)
CONSTITUTION
Constitutional appointments (see CONSTITUTION)
Construction (see LAND AND HOUSING; LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS)
Consumer law (see PURCHASE AND SALE; TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
CONTRACTS
Controlled substances (see ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO)
CO-OPERATIVES
Copyrights (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
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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DAMAGES
Deaths (see BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS; INQUESTS; POST MORTEMS AND ANATOMY)
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
DEEDS
DEFENCE
Delegation of powers (see CONSTITUTION)
Demonstrations (see PUBLIC GATHERINGS)
Dentists (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
Development (see FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT)
Development brigades (see LABOUR)
Diamonds (see MINING AND MINERALS)
DISABILITIES
Disabled persons (see DISABILITIES)
DISASTERS
Diseases (see HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS)
Disinfectants (see HEALTH)
Divorce (see MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE)
Doctors (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Drugs (see ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO)
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EDUCATION
Elderly persons (see PENSIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE)
ELECTIONS
ELECTRICITY
Emergencies (see CONSTITUTION; DEFENCE; DISASTERS; HEALTH PROFESSIONS-emergency care practitioners and paramedics)
Employment (see LABOUR)
Energy (see FUEL AND ENERGY)
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENT
Estate agents (see LAND AND HOUSING)
Estates (see INHERITANCE)
EVIDENCE
Exchange control (see CURRENCY)
Exclusive Economic Zone (see SEA AND SEASHORE)
EXPLOSIVES
Expropriation (see LAND AND HOUSING)
Extradition (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
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Family (see CHILDREN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MAINTENANCE; MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE)
Films (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
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)
FUEL AND ENERGY
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GAMBLING
Gender-based violence (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE)
Genetic Resources (see ENVIRONMENT)
Government attorney (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Government service (see PUBLIC SERVICE)
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Hawkers (see LABOUR)
HEALTH
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Heraldry (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
High Court (see COURTS)
Hire-purchase (see PURCHASE AND SALE)
HOSPITALS
Hotels (see TOURISM)
Housing (see LAND AND HOUSING)
HUMAN RIGHTS
Husband and wife (see MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; MAINTENANCE)
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Identity documents (see CIVIL REGISTRATION)
Illness (see HEALTH)
Immigration (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
IMPORT AND EXPORT
INCOME TAX
Industrial property (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Industry (see TRADE AND INDUSTRY)
INHERITANCE
INQUESTS
Insanity (see MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS)
INSOLVENCY
INSURANCE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Interest (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Internet (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Interpretation of laws (see LAW)
Intestate succession (see INHERITANCE)
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JUDGES
Justices of the Peace (see LAW)
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LABOUR
LAND AND HOUSING
LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS
Land surveyors (see LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS)
LANDLORD AND TENANT
LAW
Law reform (see LAW)
Lawyers (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Legal aid (see LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
LIBRARIES
Liquor (see ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO)
Loans (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
Local government (see REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Lotteries (see GAMBLING)
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Magistrates’ courts (see COURTS)
MAINTENANCE
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESOURCES
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Measurements (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
MEDICAL AID
Medical professions (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
MEDICINE
MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS
Mercantile law (see BUSINESS)
Merchandise marks (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Metrology (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
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 MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Museums (see ARCHIVES; CULTURE AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS; NATIONAL HERITAGE)
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National anthem (see CONSTITUTION)
National coat of arms (see CONSTITUTION)
NATIONAL HERITAGE
National intelligence (see DEFENCE)
National Planning Commission (see CONSTITUTION)
National security (see DEFENCE)
National disasters (see DISASTERS)
Natural resources (see ENVIRONMENT; LAND AND HOUSING)
Nature conservation (see ENVIRONMENT; LAND AND HOUSING)
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
Newspapers (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Nuclear energy (see ENVIRONMENT)
Nurses (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
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Oil (see FUEL AND ENERGY; MINING AND MINERALS)
Oil pollution (see ENVIRONMENT)
Older persons (see PENSIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE)
Ombudsman (see CONSTITUTION)
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Parastatals (see generally BUSINESS, or subject matter dealt with by parastatals)
Passports (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
Patents (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Pathology (see MEDICINE)
PENSIONS
Petroleum (see FUEL AND ENERGY; MINING AND MINERALS)
Pharmacists (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
Plants (see AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT)
POLICE
Pollution (see ENVIRONMENT)
Pornography (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Ports (see SHIPPING)
Post mortems (see MEDICINE)
Post and Telecommunications (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
PRESCRIPTION
PRESIDENT
Press (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Prisons (see CORRECTIONAL FASCILITIES)
Procurement (see TENDERS)
Professions (see ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS; ANIMALS-veterinarians; ENGINEERING; LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS- architects, estate agents, land surveyors,property valuers; LEGAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH PROFESSIONS; SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH-geoscience professions;SECURITY OFFICERS)
Property (see LAND AND HOUSING)
Property valuers (see LAND AND HOUSING)
Prostitution (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Psychiatrists (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
Psychologists (see HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
PUBLIC GATHERINGS
Public health (see HEALTH)
Public holidays (see SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS)
Public procurement (see TENDERS)
PUBLIC SERVICE
PURCHASE AND SALE
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Quantity surveyors (see LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS)
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Racial Discrimination (see ‘BLACKS’; CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Radio (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Radioactive materials (see ENVIRONMENT)
RAILWAYS
Rape (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Red Cross (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
Refugees (see CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)
REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REHOBOTH GEBIET
Repeals (see LAW)
Research (see SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH)
REVENUE
ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORTATION
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Sales tax (see REVENUE)
Schools (see EDUCATION)
SCIENCE AND 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 HEALTH PROFESSIONS)
SPORTS
Stamp duty (see REVENUE)
Standards (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
State finance (see FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT; REVENUE)
State revenue (see REVENUE)
State-owned enterprises (see BUSINESS)
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 (see INHERITANCE)
SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Supreme Court (see COURTS)
Sureties (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
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Tax (see INCOME TAX; REVENUE)
Telecommunications (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Telephones (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Television (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Tender board (see TENDERS)
TENDERS
TERRORISM
Time (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
Tobacco (see ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO)
TOURISM
Town planners (see LAND AND HOUSING PROFESSIONS)
Town planning (see LAND AND HOUSING)
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Trade metrology (see WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS)
Trademarks (see INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
Traditional healers (see HEALTHL PROFESSIONS)
Traditional leaders (see CUSTOMARY LAW)
Transfer duty (see REVENUE)
TRANSFER PROCLAMATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
Treaties (see INTERNATIONAL ISSUES)
TRUSTS
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Usury (see DEBTORS AND CREDITORS)
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Valuation (see LAND AND HOUSING)
Value-added tax (see REVENUE)
Venereal disease (see HEALTH)
Veterinarians (see ANIMALS)
Videos (see MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION)
Violence against women and children (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE)
Vocational training (see EDUCATION)
Voting (see ELECTIONS)
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Walvis Bay (see CONSTITUTION)
WATER
WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS
Welfare (see SOCIAL WELFARE)
Whistleblowers (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Wills (see INHERITANCE)
Witchcraft (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Witness protection (see CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE)
Workman’s compensation (see LABOUR)
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