(1) A passport shall—
| (b) |
contain the following information relating to the holder: |
| (i) |
full names and surname; |
| (ii) |
date and place of birth; |
| (iii) |
a photograph clearly and correctly depicting his or her facial features; |
(c) contain the following information relating to the passport itself:
| (i) |
travel document type; |
| (ii) |
travel document number; |
| (iii) |
name of the issuing authority; |
| (v) |
date on which it was issued; and |
| (vi) |
expiry date thereof; and |
| (d) |
have at least two unused pages when presented for purposes of endorsing a port of entry visa, visa, permanent residence permit or entry or departure stamp. |
| (2) |
Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (1)(a), a foreigner may be admitted into or depart from the Republic with a non-machine readable passport: Provided that— |
| (a) |
he or she is from a foreign state that is issuing machine readable passports and has not completely phased out the non-machine readable passports; and |
| (b) |
his or her passport was issued after 24 November 2005 and its date of expiry is before 24 November 2015. |
| (3) |
The period of validity of a passport contemplated in section 9(4)(a) of the Act shall not be less than 30 days after the foreigner's intended date of departure from the Republic. |
| (4) |
The international, regional or sub-regional organisations contemplated in the definition of passport in section 1(1) of the Act, are— |
| (a) |
the United Nations, excluding its agencies, except for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; |
| (d) |
the Southern African Development Community; and |
| (e) |
the African Development Bank. |
Electronic Communications Act, 2005
