Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act 63 of 1976

The Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act 63 of 1976 intends:

• to amend the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, so as:
  • to make further provision for the recovery of debts and the granting of administration orders;
  • to regulate the recovery from a debtor of fees or remuneration in connection with the collection of any debt;
  • to further regulate the manner of execution of judgments of magistrates' courts;
  • to extend the provisions with regard to change of address by certain judgment debtors; and
  • to provide for the amendment of court records with reference to misnomers in regard to names and women married in community of property; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

1 January 1979 (Gazette 5249 of 13 August 1976)