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South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996

Regulations relating to Safety Measures at Independent Schools

4. Violence and drug-free independent schools

 

(1) All independent schools are hereby declared drug-free and dangerous-object-free zones.

 

(2) No person may—
(a) allow any dangerous object in independent school premises;
(b) carry any dangerous object in independent school premises;
(c) store any dangerous object in independent school premises, except in officially designated places identified by the principal;
(d) possess illegal drugs in independent school premises;
(e) enter independent school premises while under the influence of alcohol or an illegal drug;
(f) cause any form of violence or disturbance that can negatively impact on any independent school activities:
(g) wittingly condone, connive in, hide, abet someone in, or encourage, the possession of dangerous objects or refuse, fail or neglect to report the sighting or presence of any dangerous object to the principal or police as soon as possible;
(h) directly or indirectly cause harm to anyone who exposes a person who is trying to hamper the prevention of dangerous activities or the prevention of the presence of dangerous objects.

 

(3) A police official or, in his or her absence, the principal or his or her delegate may, without a warrant—
(a) search any independent school premises if he or she has a reasonable suspicion that a dangerous object or illegal drugs may be present in the independent school premises in contravention of the regulations:
(b) search any person present in the independent school premises if he or she has a reasonable suspicion that such a person has in his or her possession a dangerous object or illegal drugs: and
(c) seize any dangerous object or illegal drugs present in independent school premises or on the person who is in contravention of these regulations.

 

 


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