Laws of Eswatini

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150 laws on this page

Acquisition of Property Act 1961 (No. 10 of 1961)

Act · Made 1961

Air Pollution Control Regulations, 2008

Regulation · Made 2010

Animal Disease (Prohibition of use of Anabolic Hormones, Thyrostatic Substances and Growth Promoters) Regulations, 2006

Regulation · Made 2006-01-27

Animal Disease (Regulation and Control of Veterinary Drugs and Medicinal Substances No. 1) Regulations, 2012

Regulation · Made 2012

Animal Diseases Act, 1965

Act · Made 1965-04-15

Biosafety Act, 2012 (No. 7 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012

Cane Grower's Act, No. 12 of 1967

Act · Made 1967

Cattle Routes Act, 1918 (No. 15 of 1918)

Act · Made 1918-05-30

Citrus Act, 1967 (No. 22 of 1967)

Act · Made 1967

Competition Act, 2007

Act · Made 2008-04-01

Comprehensive Agricultural Sector Policy 2005

policy · Made 2005-05

Concessions Act 1904 (No. 3 of 1904)

Act · Made 1904

Concessions Partitions Act 1907 (No. 28 of 1907)

Act · Made 1907-10-19

Constitution of Swaziland

Constitution · Made 2005

Control of Cereals Act, No. 28 of 1959

Act · Made 1959

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-03-27

Crown Lands Act 1949 (No. 9 of 1949)

Act · Made 1949

Crown Lands Disposal Act 1911 (No. 13 of 1911)

Act · Made 1911-03-11

Crown Lands Disposal Regulations 1911

Regulation · Made 1912-10-29

Cruelty to Animals Act, 1962

Act · Made 1962-08-10

Dairy Act, 1968 (No. 28/1968)

Act · Made 1968-09-16

Dairy Regulations, 2021

Regulation · Made 2021

Definition of Swazi Areas Act 1916 (No. 41 of 1916)

Act · Made 1917-04-20

Disaster Management Act, 2006 (No. 1 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-03-08

Election of Women Members of the House of Assembly Act. 2018

Act · Made 2018-06-21

Electricity Act, 2007

Act · Made 2006-11-20

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policy - Conserve Energy, Grow and Secure the Economy

policy · Made 2019

Environment Management Act 2002 (Act No. 5 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-11-13

Environmental Audit, Assessment and Review Regulations, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996

Repealed

Environmental Audit, Assessment and Review Regulations, 2000 (L.N. No. 31 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-21

Eswatini Agriculture National Development Fund Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022

Eswatini COVID-19 Essential Services as Regulated

Other · Made 2020-04-02

Eswatini National Drought Plan 2020

policy · Made 2020-08

Eswatini National Policy for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME)

policy · Made 2024

Eswatini’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0)

policy · Made 2025-09

Fair Trading Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001

Fencing Act 1904 (No. 7 of 1904)

Act · Made 1904

Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2019 (Act 16/2019)

Act · Made 2019-10-29

Flora Protection Act

Act · Made 1952-10-31

Repealed

Flora Protection Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001

Forest Preservation Act (No. 14 of 1910)

Act · Made 1910-04-08

Fresh Water Fish Regulations

Regulation · Made 1973

Game Act

Act · Made 1953-09-01

Game (Amendment) Act, 1991 (Act No. 4 of 1991)

Act · Made 1991

Game Control Act (No. 37 of 1947)

Act · Made 1947-06-27

Government Programme of Action (Ministries Action Plan 2018-2022)

policy · Made 2018

Grass Fires Act (No. 44 of 1955)

Act · Made 1955-05-13

Implementation Plan: National Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Strategic Plan (2018-2022)

policy · Made 2020

Import and Export of Scheduled Products Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001

Industrial Development Policy 2015-2022

policy · Made 2015

Industrial Policy for Eswatini 2023-2033

policy · Made 2023

Kingdom of Eswatini Energy Masterplan 2034

policy · Made 2018-10

Kingdom of Eswatini Strategic Roadmap; 2019 -2022

policy · Made 2019-05

Kingdom of Eswatini - Update of the Nationally Determined Contributions

policy · Made 2021-10

Komati River Basin Water Resources Development and Utilization Act, 1992 (Act 6 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-09-09

Land Survey Act 1961 (No. 46 of 1961)

Act · Made 1961

Land Survey Regulations 1961

Regulation · Made 1970

Land Tax Order 1974 (No. 35 of 1974)

Regulation · Made 1974-11-14

Livestock Development Policy

policy · Made 1995-06

Livestock Identification Act, 2001 (No. 13 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-11-13

Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 2015

Act · Made 2016

Mines and Minerals Act (No. 4 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-03-09

Ministry of Agriculture Strategic Plan (2018- 2023)

policy · Made 2018

National Agricultural Marketing Board Act, 1985 (Act 13 of 1985)

Act · Made 1985

National Biofuels Development Strategy and Action Plan (NBDSAP)

policy · Made 2009-12-02

National Development Plan, 2019/2020- 2021/2022

policy · Made 2019

National Development Plan 2023/24-2027/28

policy · Made 2023

National Development Strategy

policy · Made 1997

National Education and Training Sector Policy (2018)

policy · Made 2018

National Energy Policy 2003

policy · Made 2003

National Energy Policy 2018

policy · Made 2018

National Food Security Policy for Swaziland

policy · Made 2005-10-29

National Health Sector Strategic Plan 2008-2013

policy · Made 2009-03

National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the management of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) in the Kingdom of Swaziland

policy · Made 2010-11

National Sanitation and Hygiene Policy 2019

policy · Made 2019

National Social Development Policy 2010

policy · Made 2010-11

National Solid Waste Management Strategy - Volume 1

policy · Made 2000

National Tourism Policy of the Kingdom of Swaziland

policy · Made 2010-10

National Trust Commission Act, 1972

Act · Made 1972

National Water Policy, 2018

policy · Made 2018-08

National Youth Policy 2009

policy · Made 2009

National Youth Policy 2020

policy · Made 2020

Natural Resources Act 1951 (No. 71 of 1951)

Act · Made 1951-12-07

Order by Ngwenyama in Libandla (No. 4 of 1954)

Regulation · Made 1954-11-17

Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations, 2003 (L.N. No.14 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003

Pesticides Management Act, 2017

Act · Made 2017-10-31

Petroleum Act 2020 (Act. 18 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-12-18

Pineaple Act, 1967

Act · Made 1967

Plant Control Act, 1981

Act · Made 1981

Repealed

Policy Statement

policy · Made 2024

Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006 (Act No. 3 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-06-06

Prime Minister’s Statement, Partial Lockdown Extension

Other · Made 2020-04-15

Private Forests Act 1951 (No. 3 of 1951)

Act · Made 1961

Protection of Freshwater Fish Act, 1937

Act · Made 1938-01-07

Repealed

Public Enterprises (Control and Monitoring) Act, 1989

Act · Made 1989

Public Enterprises (Control and Monitoring) Act, 1989 (No. 8/1989)

Regulation · Made 1989-08-03

Public Health Act; 1969 (5/1969)

Act · Made 1969

Public Health (Bakery) Regulations, 1974

Regulation · Made 1974

Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations, 1973

Regulation · Made 1973

Public Private Partnership Policy

policy · Made 0000

Purification of industrial water and effluent Regulation

Regulation · Made 1967

Rating Act 1967 (No. 24 of 1967)

Act · Made 1968-01-22

Repealed

Rating Act 1995 (No. 4 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-07-19

Registration of Pedigree Livestock Act, 1921 (No. 11 of 1921)

Act · Made 1921-03-24

Regulation of Wages (Manufacturing and Processing Industry) Order, 2023 (N. 219 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023

Royal Science and Technology Park Act, 2012 (Act No. 5 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012

Safeguarding of Swazi areas Act 1910 (No. 39 of 1910)

Act · Made 1910-07-25

Sale of adulterated and tainted Foodstuffs Act, 1896

Act · Made 1896

Salt Iodization Regulations, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997

Sanitation and food premises by-law 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-06-21

Scheduled Products Regulations, 1986

Regulation · Made 1986

Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, 2000

Act · Made 2000

Special Economic Zones Act, 2018

Act · Made 2018-05-18

Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP)

policy · Made 2020-04-13

Standards and Quality Act, 2003

Act · Made 2003

Stock Disease Regulations 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-08-30

Stock Diseases (Amendment) Regulations No. 1 of 2007

Regulation · Made 2007-02-25

Stock Diseases Regulations, 1933

Regulation · Made 1933-12-08

Sub-division of Land Act (No. 7 of 1957)

Act · Made 1957

Sugar Act, 1967

Act · Made 1967

Swaziland Environment Authority Act 1992 (No. 15 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-11-16

Repealed

Swaziland Investment Promotion Act, 1998

Act · Made 1998-03-25

Swaziland National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2001

Swaziland National Climate Change Policy 2016

policy · Made 2016

Swaziland National Irrigation Policy

policy · Made 2005-07-01

Swaziland National Standard - Fortified wheat flour

Regulation · Made 2013

Swaziland Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action Plan (PRSAP) 2007

policy · Made 2007

Swaziland’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)

policy · Made 2015-09

Swaziland’s Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2016

Swaziland Tourism Authority Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001

The Access and Benefit Sharing and Bio-trade Guidelines for the Kingdom of Eswatini 2017

Other · Made 2017

The Companies Bill, 2024 (Bill N.5 of 2023)

Act · Made 2024

The Control of Plastic Bag Regulations, 2021

Regulation · Made 2021

The National Meteorological Service Act, 1992

Act · Made 1992

The Plant Health Protection Act 2020 (Act No. 03 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020

The Public Finance Management Act, 2017

Act · Made 2017

The Swaziland Environment Action Plan (SEAP)

policy · Made 1997

The Trading Licence Order 20/1975

Regulation · Made 1975-05-29

The Water Pollution Control Regulations, 2010

Regulation · Made 2010

The Wild Mushroom Control Order, 1973

Regulation · Made 1973-08-16

Repealed

Town Planning Act 1961

Act · Made 1961-06-09

Trading Licenses Order, 1975

Act · Made 1975-05-29

Transfer Duty Act 1902 (No. 8 of 1902)

Act · Made 1902

Urban Government Act 1969 (No. 8 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-05-07

Veterinary Public Health Act, 2013

Act · Made 2013-08-01

Waste Regulations, 2000 (L.N. No. 31 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-04-21

Water Act 1967 (No. 25 of 1967)

Act · Made 1968-02-20

Repealed

Water Act 2003 (No. 7 of 2003)

Act · Made 2003-03-05

Water Pollution Control Regulations, 1999

Regulation · Made 1999

Wild Birds Protection Act

Act · Made 1914-07-18