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"acceptable identification"

means—

(a) a temporary identity certificate or an identity document issued in terms of the Identification Act, 1986 (Act No. 72 of 1986);
(b) a passport issued in terms of the South African Passports and Travel Documents Act, 1994 (Act No. 4 of 1994);
(c) in the case of a person not permanently resident in the Republic, an identity document issued by a foreign country or a traffic register number certificate;
(d) in the case of—
(i) a company, a certificate of incorporation or name change issued in terms of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008); or

[Paragraph (d)(i) substituted by section 1(a) of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019), Notice No. 1080, GG42648, dated 19 August 2019 - shall come into operation, (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively, per Proclamation 272 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 except for section 2(g)]

(ii) a close corporation, a founding statement or a certificate of name change issued in terms of the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984);
(dA) a driving licence card issued in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996);

[Paragraph (dA) substituted by section 1(a) of Act No. 72 of 2002]

(e) a traffic register number certificate issued in terms of any national or provincial Road Traffic Act, in the case of –
(i) a person carrying on a business which, for the purpose of this definition, includes farming activities; or
(ii) a body of persons not referred to in paragraph (c); or
(f) a photocopy of the applicable certificate or document referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e);