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"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)