Comment: Magistrates' Courts Amendment Bill [B23 - 2010]
Comment: Magistrates' Courts Amendment Bill [B23 - 2010]
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional invites stakeholders and interested persons to submit written submissions on the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Bill [B23 – 2010].
The purpose of the Bill is to:
- 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.
Public hearings will be held in Parliament on 14 September 2010.
Comments can be emailed to Mr V Ramaano at vramaano@parliament.gov.za by no later than 10 September 2010. Please indicate your interest in making a verbal presentation.
Enquiries tel: Mr V Ramaano, tel: (021) 403-3820 ; cell 083 709 8427.
Issued by Hon. NA Ramatlhodi, MP, Chairperson: PC on Justice and Constitutional Development
The Bill is also here: www.pmg.org.za/bill
