Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act 19 of 2010

The Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act 19 of 2010 aims to:

• amend the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, so as:
  • to regulate anew the qualifications required for the appointment of a person as a magistrate, additional magistrate and magistrate of a regional division;
  • to further regulate the inclusion of magistrates of regional divisions on the list of magistrates who may adjudicate on civil disputes;
  • to authorise the Minister to determine the conditions relating to the authorisation of a person to serve process of court or other documents on behalf of a public body; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

7 December 2010