The POPI Act / Sections / Section 115
Section 115
Short title and commencement
Chapter 12 · General Provisions
(1) This Act is called the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, and commences on a date determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.
(2) Different dates of commencement may be determined in respect of different provisions of this Act or in respect of different class or classes of information and bodies.
Source: justice.gov.za, Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (official PDF), cross-checked verbatim before publishing.
Beyond the text
What this means for your estate
- This is the section that names the Act and sets out how its commencement date(s) were determined (subsections (1)-(2)), a formality now that every provision has long since commenced.
Relevant tool
Every section this site documents is already in force under s.115, there's no “wait until it commences” exception left for any estate to rely on.