Courts of Law Amendment Act 7 of 2017 (English / Afrikaans)

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7 of 2017

The Courts of Law Amendment Act 7 of 2017 intends:

to amend the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944, so as:
- to insert definitions;
- to regulate the rescission of judgments where the judgment debt has been paid;
- to further regulate jurisdiction by consent of parties;
- to regulate the factors a court must take into consideration to make a just and equitable order;
- to further regulate the payment of debts in instalments or otherwise;
- to further regulate consent to judgments and orders for the payment of judgment debts in instalments;
- to further regulate offers by judgment debtors after judgment;
- to further regulate the issuing of emoluments attachment orders;
- to further regulate debt collection proceedings pursuant to judgments granted by a court for a regional division;
- to further regulate the suspension of execution of a debt;
- to further regulate the abandonment of judgments; and to provide for certain offences and penalties relating to judgments, emoluments attachment orders and instalment orders;
to amend the Superior Courts Act, 2013, so as to provide for the rescission of judgments by consent and the rescission of judgments where the judgment debt has been paid; and
to provide for matters connected therewith.

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