In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates–

"admission"

means entering the Republic at a port of entry in terms of section 9;

"advance passenger processing"

means the pre-clearance of persons, in the prescribed manner, prior to boarding conveyances by means of a boarding advice issued to owners or persons in charge of conveyances;

[Definition inserted by section 2(a) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"affiliate"

means an associate member of a company or organisation;

"Board"

means the Immigration Advisory Board established by section 4;

"border"

means the national borders of the Republic;

"branch"

means a branch as contemplated in section 21A of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

"citizen"

has the meaning assigned thereto in the South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (Act No. 88 of 1995);

"conveyance"

means any ship, boat, aircraft or vehicle, or any other means of transport;

"corporate applicant"

means a juristic person established under the laws of the Republic which applies for a corporate visa referred to in section 21;

[Definition amended by section 2(b) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"court"

means a magistrate’s court;

"customary union"

[deleted by Act No. 13 of 2011];

"Department"

means the Department of Home Affairs;

"depart or departure"

means exiting the Republic from a port of entry to another country in compliance with this Act;

"deport or deportation"

means the action or procedure aimed at causing an illegal foreigner to leave the Republic in terms of this Act ;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General of the Department;

"employer"

includes a person contractually bound by the applicable employment contract as an employer or, in the case of a juristic person, its chief executive officer or the person to whom such officer has delegated the final responsibility in respect of personnel matters;

"foreign country"

means a country other than the Republic;

"foreign state"

means the juristic entity governing a foreign country;

"foreigner"

means an individual who is not a citizen ;

"illegal foreigner"

means a foreigner who is in the Republic in contravention of this Act;

"immediate family"

means persons within the second step of kinship, where marriage or a spousal relationship is counted as one of such steps, but any common antecedent is not so counted;

"immigration officer"

means an officer appointed by the Director-General to perform the functions of either the permitting office, port of entry or inspectorate as contemplated in this Act;

[Definition amended by section 2(d) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"marriage"

means—

[Definition amended by section 2(e) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"Minister"

means the Minister of Home Affairs;

"organ of state"

means an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution;

"owner"

means the owner of record and includes the charterer of a conveyance and any agent within the Republic of the owner or the charterer;

"passenger name record"

means the record of the data of a person as contemplated in section 35(3)(a) created by the owner or person in charge of a conveyance or his or her authorised agents for each journey booked by or on behalf of any person;

[Definition amended by section 2(f) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"passport"

means any passport or travel document containing the prescribed information and characteristics issued—

any other document approved by the Minister and issued under special circumstances to a person who cannot obtain a document contemplated in paragraphs (a) to (c);

[Definition amended by section 2(g) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"permanent residence permit"

means a permit contemplated in section 25, 26 or 27;

"port of entry"

means a place designated as such by the Minister in terms of section 9A;

[Definition amended by section 2(h) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"port of entry visa"

means the authority to travel from the port of entry of another country to any port of entry of the Republic for the purposes of admission into the Republic, as contemplated in section 10A;

[Definition amended by section 2(i) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"premises"

means any building, structure or tent together with the land on which it is situated and the adjoining land used in connection with it and includes any land without any building, structure or tent and any conveyance;

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

"prohibited person"

means any person contemplated in section 29;

"Republic"

[Definition deleted by Act No. 13 of 2011];

"spouse"

means a person who is a party to—

[Definition amended by section 2(k) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"status"

means the status of the person as determined by the relevant visa or permanent residence permit granted to a person in terms of this Act ;

[Definition amended by section 2(l) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"subsidiary"

means a subsidiary as defined in section 1(1) of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

"temporary residence permit"

[deleted by Act No. 13 of 2011];

"this Act"

means this Act, including its schedules, and includes the regulations made pursuant thereto;

"transit visa"

means a transit visa contemplated in section 10B;

"undesirable person"

means a person contemplated in section 30;

"visa"

means the authority to temporarily sojourn in the Republic for purposes of—

[Definition amended by section 2(n) of Immigration Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 13 of 2011)]

"work"

includes—

within the Republic.