Correctional Services Act, 1998

Act 111 of 1998

Please note that the research on this work is ongoing. Amendment, commencement and repeal information may be missing.
There are outstanding amendments that have not yet been applied. See the History tab for more information.
Correctional Services Act, 1998

Loading PDF...

This document is 26.9 MB. Do you want to load it?

▲ To the top

History of this document

01 February 2025 amendment not yet applied
01 December 2024 amendment not yet applied
01 December 2021 amendment not yet applied
05 January 2015 amendment not yet applied
01 July 2013 amendment not yet applied
01 December 2012 amendment not yet applied
01 March 2012 amendment not yet applied
01 April 2010 amendment not yet applied
01 October 2009 amendment not yet applied
01 October 2004
Commenced by Correctional Services Act, 1998: Commencement

Note: Date of commencement of sections 50–82 and 137 (with respect to the amendment of Act 51 of 1977 and the repeal of certain sections of Act 8 of 1959)

31 July 2004
Commenced by Correctional Services Act, 1998: Commencement

Note: Date of commencement of sections 2, 4, 6–49, 96, 98–102, 131–133 and 137 (with respect to the repeal of certain sections of Act 8 of 1959)

17 January 2003 amendment not yet applied
28 November 2002 amendment not yet applied
14 December 2001 amendment not yet applied
25 February 2000
Commenced by Correctional Services Act, 1998: Commencement

Note: Date of commencement of section 3

01 July 1999
Commenced by Correctional Services Act, 1998: Commencement

Note: Date of commencement of section 5

19 February 1999
Commenced by Correctional Services Act, 1998: Commencement

Note: Date of commencement of sections 1, 83–95, 97, 103–130, 134–136, 137 (only with respect to the repeal of certain sections of Act 8 of 1959) and 138

27 November 1998 this version
19 November 1998
Assented to

Cited documents 0

Documents citing this one 195

Judgment 114
1. Bogaards v S (120/11) [2012] ZACC 23 (28 September 2012) 40 citations
2. M v S (CCT 53/06) [2007] ZACC 18 (26 September 2007) 39 citations
3. Zealand v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Another [2008] ZACC 3 (11 March 2008) 32 citations
4. Veldman v Director of Public Prosecutions (Witwatersrand Local Division) [2005] ZACC 22 (5 December 2005) 15 citations
5. Ndlovu v S [2017] ZACC 19 (15 June 2017) 14 citations
6. Mpofu v Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development and Others [2013] ZACC 15 (6 June 2013) 12 citations
7. Director of Public Prosecutions North Gauteng: Pretoria v Gcwala and Others (295/2013) [2014] ZASCA 44 (31 March 2014) 9 citations
8. Mhlongo v S (140 of 2016) [2016] ZASCA 152 (3 October 2016) 9 citations
9. Strydom v S (20215/2014) [2015] ZASCA 29 (23 March 2015) 9 citations
10. Stander v S (547/2011) [2011] ZASCA 211 (29 November 2011) 8 citations
Gazette 76
1. Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2010-05-20 number 2366
2. Free State Provincial Gazette dated 2010-07-02 number 55
3. Limpopo Provincial Gazette dated 2010-06-23 number 1801
4. Northern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2010-04-09 number 1400
5. Northern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2010-04-09 number 1403
6. South Africa Government Gazette dated 1999-07-01 number 20257
7. South Africa Government Gazette dated 1999-07-06 number 20276
8. South Africa Government Gazette dated 2000-02-18 number 20892
9. South Africa Government Gazette dated 2000-06-09 number 21254
10. South Africa Government Gazette dated 2000-08-25 number 21482
Act 4
1. Mental Health Care Act, 2002 368 citations
2. Child Justice Act, 2008 122 citations
3. National Health Insurance Act, 2023 1 citation
4. Public Procurement Act, 2024 1 citation
Government Notice 1
1. Alert Level 2: Directions to Address, Prevent and Combat the Spread of COVID-19 in all Correctional Centres and Remand Detention Facilities in the Republic of South Africa