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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Magistrates Amendment Act,
No. 66
of 1998
Long title
To amend the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944, so as to effect certain consequential amendments; to make provision for the creation of administrative regions; to further regulate the appointment of magistrates; to further regulate the exercising of administrative control over the functions performed by magistrates; and to increase the penal jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts; to amend the Magistrates Act, 1993, so as to regulate the assignment of administrative functions to magistrates; to make provision for certain penalty provisions to be prescribed by regulation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To amend the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944, so as to effect certain consequential amendments; to make provision for the creation of administrative regions; to further regulate the appointment of magistrates; to further regulate the exercising of administrative control over the functions performed by magistrates; and to increase the penal jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts; to amend the Magistrates Act, 1993, so as to regulate the assignment of administrative functions to magistrates; to make provision for certain penalty provisions to be prescribed by regulation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| 1. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 32 of 1944... |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 2 of Act 32 of 1944... |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 32 of 1944... |
| 4. | Substitution of section 10 of Act 32 of 1944 |
| 5. | Amendment of section 12 of Act 32 of 1944... |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 92 of Act 32 of 1944... |
| 7. | Substitution
of section 14 of Act 90 of 1993... |
| 8. | Amendment
of section 16 of Act 90 of 1993... |
| 9. | Short title |
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