Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act No. 54 of 1997)

To provide for the preservation of the national documentary heritage through legal deposit of published documents; to ensure the preservation and cataloging of, and access to, published documents emanating from, or adapted for, South Africa: to provide for access to government information; to provide for a Legal Deposit Committee; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—