Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 (Act No. 17 of 2011)

Preamble
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SINCE the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, enshrines the rights of all people in the Republic of South Africa, including the right to equality, the right to privacy, the right to dignity, the right to freedom and security of the person, which incorporates the right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources, and the rights of children to have their best interests considered to be of paramount importance;

 

AND IN ORDER to—

(a)afford victims of harassment of an effective remedy against such behaviour; and
(b)introduce methods which seek to enable the relevant organs of state to give full effect to the provisions of this Act.

 

PARLIAMENT of the Republic of South Africa therefore enacts as follows:—