Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act 53 of 1970

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53 of 1970

The Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act 53 of 1970 intends:

  • to amend the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, so as:
    • to apply that Act to the territory of South-West Africa;
    • to provide for the determination of an area in a district and a place in such area for the holding of a court for such district;
    • to amend the constitution of the Regional Divisions Appointments Advisory Board;
    • to provide for the disposal in certain circumstances or property in respect or which an attachment has been withdrawn;
    • to make further provision for the suspension or judgments;
    • to delete certain references to the civil record book and to the rules contained in the Second Schedule to the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1917;
    • to make further provision for the transfer of proceedings to the court of a regional division;
    • to amend certain penalties;
    • to substitute in certain provisions the word "Republic" for the word "Union"; and
  • to provide for incidental matters.

Commencement

1 December 1970 (Gazette 2922 of 13 November 1970)

Amendments

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