Comment on the Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill
23 August 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by Adv Glynnis Breytenbach MP.
Recently public comment was invited with regard to the Unlawful Entry on Premises Bill. This has given rise to inaccurate communications on social media platforms, and caused a great amount of concern with regard to the contents thereof.
To be clear, this is a Departmental Bill in its embryo stages. It has a long path to travel in the legislative process before it will be ready to be enacted into law. The purpose of the Bill is to repeal and replace the Trespass Act (no 8 of 1959), and to prohibit unlawful entry on premises.
The Public at large is encouraged to read the Bill carefully, and to comment thereon before 16 September 2022.