South Africa

Legal deposit for books & other printed materials?:

Yes

Legal deposit for books & other printed materials, year effective:

1982; Current Legal Deposit Act (Act No. 54 of 1997)

Legal deposit for audiovisual materials?:

Yes

Type of AV materials:

Sound recordings (CD, audio book, etc.); Film; Video recordings (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.)

AV depository:

National Film, Video and Sound Archive of South Africa

AV legal deposit law applied:

nationally

Amount of AV actually deposited:

don't know

AV law created:

1982

AV legislation year comment:

1997

Links to legislation:

Comments:

Legal Deposit Act of 1997 is currently under review

Submitted by (name, and institution):

Ilse Assmann

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