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Witchcraft Suppression.
Act No. 3 of 1957.
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction—
Presumption.
2. Where any person in respect of whom an offence referred to in paragraph (a) of section one was committed, is killed it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved, that such person was killed in consequence of the commission of such offence.
Repeal of laws.
3. The laws mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent set out in the fourth column of that Schedule.
Short title.
4. This Act shall be called the Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957.
Schedule.
Laws Repealed.
Province or territory. | No. and year of law. | Title or subject of law. | Extent of repeal. |
Cape of Good Hope. | Act No. 24 of 1886. | The Native Territories’ Penal Code. | Chapter XI. |
〃 | Act No. 2 of 1895. | The Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1895. | The whole. |
Natal. | Law No. 19 of 1891. | Natal Code of Native Law. | Section one hundred and twenty-nine of the Schedule as substituted by Union Proclamation No. 168 of 1932. |