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            South Africa's
            <nobr>By-laws</nobr>
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            Freely available, easy to find, read and share.
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          A project by
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      <h3>Anyone can help to make the law freely available</h3>
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          Open By-laws is maintained by the <a href="https://laws.africa">Laws.Africa</a> contributor community. Anyone can join the community and help to make African law freely available. You can help by adding new by-laws or keeping them up to date. Laws.Africa offers training and support.
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          <a href="https://laws.africa/faq">About the Laws.Africa Contributor Community →</a>
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          <h3>Powered by Laws.Africa</h3>

          <p class="lead">Open By-laws is powered by the Laws.Africa legislation commons of African legislation.</p>
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            <a href="https://laws.africa">Laws.Africa</a> is a non-profit organisation that curates the African legislation commons and builds technology to enable free access to the law.
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          <h3>Use the by-laws in your app or website</h3>
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          Include the by-laws in your research, website, or app and build powerful interactive solutions for your users.
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          The by-laws are available as structured, machine-friendly Akoma Ntoso XML through the Laws.Africa Content API. Access rich content in HTML, PDF and ePub, and detailed metadata including publication and amendment information.
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          <a href="https://laws.africa/api/">About the Laws.Africa Content API →</a>
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