RAILWAYS AND HARBOURS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT

NO. 80 OF 1979

[ASSENTED TO 15 JUNE, 1979][DATE OF 
COMMENCEMENT: 27 JUNE, 1979]

(Unless otherwise indicated)

(English text signed by the Acting State President)

as amended by

South African Transport Services Act, No. 65 of 1981

South African Transport Services Finances and Accounts Act, 
No. 17 of 1983

General Law Amendment Act, No. 49 of 1996

ACT

To amend section 1 of the Railways and Harbours Control and 
Management (Consolidation) Act, 1957, so as to insert the new 
definition “wreck”; to amend section 2 of the said Act so as to 
provide for the establishment of a house ownership scheme for 
Black workers and to provide further that no servant shall have 
the right to assign, transfer or otherwise cede or pledge or 
hypothecate his interests in any property obtained on his behalf 
in terms of paragraph (22) of the said section; to amend section 
3 of and to insert section 75A in the said Act so as to bring the 
control of road traffic upon the railways and at the harbours into 
line with the applicable road traffic ordinances; to amend 
section 13 of the said Act so as to amend the provisions 
regarding the misuse of free passes and tickets; to amend 
section 16 of the said Act so as to increase the limit on the value 
of luggage deposited in a cloakroom; to amend section 21A of 
the said Act so as to bring the Afrikaans text thereof into 
conformity with the English text; to amend section 64 of the 
said Act so as to provide for interruption of prescription by the 
service of process, as opposed to the issue of process; to 
substitute section 69 and to repeal section 70 of the said Act, so 
as to amend the provisions in respect of the payment of 
compensation for certain fire damage; to amend section 76 of 
the said Act so as to provide for the disposal of any profit or 
loss arising from the resale of a dwelling-house repossessed by 
the Administration; to amend section 17 of the Railways and 
Harbours Pensions Act, 1971, so as to extend the option to 
contribute to the New Railways and Harbours Superannuation 
Fund in respect of periods of previous non-contributory service 
to members of the Fund; to amend section 1 of and to insert 
sections 2A and 2B in the Railway and Harbour Purchase Act, 
1977, so as to vest land and real rights in land acquired or to be 
acquired by the South African Iron and Steel Industrial 
Corporation, Limited, for or in connection with the 
SishenSaldanha Bay railway line and Saldanha Bay harbour, in 
the South African Railways and Harbours Administration; to 
amend section 1 of the Railways and Harbours Finances and 
Accounts Act, 1977, so as to insert certain new definitions; to 
amend sections 2, 3 and 16 of the said Act so as to amend the 
provisions in regard to the borrowing of moneys to finance 
expenditure on capital and betterment works; to insert section 
24A in the said Act so as to bring the principles of procedure 
concerning ex gratia payments into line with those contained in 
the Exchequer and Audit Act, 1975; and to provide for other 
incidental matters.

1 to 11 inclusive.   . . . . . .

[Ss. 1 to 11 inclusive repealed by s. 76 of Act No. 65 of 1981.]

12.   Amends section 17 of the Railways and Harbours Pensions 
Act, No. 35 of 1971, as follows:—paragraph (a) substitutes 
subsections (1) and (2) (date of commencement 1 March, 
1978); paragraph (b) substitutes subsection (3) (a) (date of 
commencement 1 March, 1978); and paragraph (c) substitutes 
subsection (5) (a) (date of commencement 1 March, 1978).

13.   Amends section 1 of the Railway and Harbour Purchase 
Act, No. 47 of 1977, by substituting subsection (1) (date of 
commencement 1 April, 1977).

14.   Inserts sections 2A and 2B in the Railway and Harbour 
Purchase Act, No. 47 of 1977 (date of commencement 1 April, 
1977).

15 to 19 inclusive.   . . . . . .

[Ss. 15 to 19 inclusive repealed by s. 17 (1) of Act No. 17 of 
1983.]

20.   . . . . . .

[S. 20 repealed by s. 1 of Act No. 49 of 1996.]

21.   Short title and date of commencement.—This Act shall be 
called the Railways and Harbours Acts Amendment Act, 1979, 
and shall come into operation on the date of promulgation in the 
Gazette, with the exception that section 12 shall be deemed to 
have come into operation on 1 March 1978, and sections 13 and 
14 on 1 April 1977.