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Northern Cape Use of Official Languages Act, 2013
Act 5 of 2013
- Published in Northern Cape Provincial Gazette 1784 on 5 March 2014
- Assented to on 20 February 2014
- Commenced on 1 April 2014 by Northern Cape Use of Official Languages Act, 2013: Commencement
- [This is the version of this document from 5 March 2014 and includes any amendments published up to 4 April 2024.]
1. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise —“Constitution” means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;“Department” means the provincial Department of Sport, Arts and Culture;“Executive Council” means the Executive Council of the Province contemplated in section 132 of the Constitution;“government purposes” include legislation and matters referred to in section 4(2)(c);“language official” means a language official appointed in terms of section 7;“official language” means an official language contemplated in section 6(1) of the Constitution;“Premier” means the Premier of the Northern Cape Province elected in terms of section 128 of the Constitution;“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;“Province” means the Province of the Northern Cape established by section 103(1)(g) of the Constitution;“provincial department” means a Northern Cape provincial department listed in Schedule 2 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), including the Office of the Premier listed in Schedule 1 of that Act;“Provincial Government” means all Northern Cape provincial departments and provincial public entities;“provincial language committee” means the provincial language committee established for the Province in terms of section 8(8) of the Pan South African Language Board Act, 1995 (Act No. 59 of 1995);“provincial language unit” means the provincial language unit established in terms of section 5;“provincial public entity” means a provincial public entity defined in section 1, listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) and designated to a provincial department in terms of that Act;“responsible Member” means the Member of the Executive Council responsible for language matters; and“this Act” includes any regulations made in terms of this Act.2. Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are —3. Application of Act
4. Language policy for the Provincial Government
5. Establishment of provincial language unit
The responsible Member must —6. Functions of provincial language unit
The provincial language unit must —7. Appointment of language officials in provincial departments
Every provincial department must appoint or designate a language official for that department.8. Functions of language officials in provincial departments
A language official must -9. Monitoring, enforcing and reporting on use of official languages
10. Annual report to Provincial Legislature
The responsible Member must, each year, no later than the last day of March, table a report in the Provincial Legislature on the status and use of official languages by Provincial Government for government purposes.11. Interdepartmental forum on use of official languages
12. Regulations
13. Short title and commencement
This Act is called the Northern Cape Use of Official Languages Act, 2013, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the Premier by proclamation in the Provincial Gazette.History of this document
01 April 2014
05 March 2014 this version
20 February 2014
Assented to