"organ of state"
means—
| (a) | any national or provincial department; |
| (b) | a municipality contemplated in section 151 of the Constitution; |
| (c) | any functionary or institution exercising a power or performing a function in terms of the Constitution, or a provincial constitution referred to in section 142 of the Constitution; |
| (d) | the South African Maritime Safety Authority established by section 2 of the South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998); |
| (e) | The South African National Roads Agency Limited contemplated in section 3 of The South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998); |
| (f) | National Ports Authority Limited, contemplated in section 4 of the National Ports Act, 2005, and any entity deemed to be the National Ports Authority in terms of section 3 of that Act; |
| (g) | any person for whose debt an organ of state contemplated in paragraphs (a) to (f) is liable; |
(Definition amended by section 88 of Act No. 12 of 2005)