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As of 2010 there were 384 districts (and thus 384 district courts), 18 subdistricts with detached courts, 79 branch courts and 235 periodical courts. There were 1,914 magistrates including 351 regional court magistrates. [1]
Once the emoluments attachment order has been issued and served on the emoluments attachment debtor or garnishee, a certain amount will be deducted from the judgment debtor's salary by the garnishee at the end of every month, and paid over to the judgment creditor. [6] The garnishee is entitled to deduct a five per cent commission for this service.
South Africa is divided into approximately 350 magisterial districts; each district is served by a district magistrate's court. In criminal cases, district courts have jurisdiction over all crimes except treason , murder and rape , and can impose a sentence of no more than three years imprisonment and a fine of no more than R 120,000. [ 2 ]
The Judiciary Agency overview Formed 1909 Constitution - 1909 ; 116 years ago (1909) 1996 Constitution - 1996 ; 29 years ago (1996) Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Headquarters 188, 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand Agency executive Mandisa Maya, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Key documents Chapter 8 of the Constitution Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 Website judiciary ...
The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant [a] [2] who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India. The specific name depends on the state or union territory. Each of these posts has distinct responsibilities, and an officer can assume all of these ...
Pages in category "South African magistrates" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Zeenat Carelse; D.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as the supreme law of the Republic, provides the overarching framework for civil procedure; [6] the Constitution has been responsible for significant changes to civil procedure since its inception in the 1990s, as in, for example, debt collection matters, [7] access to the courts [8] and prescription, in particular with respect to ...
Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa: 2. Sir John Wessels (1862–1936) 1920 – 1923 Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa 3. Sir Arthur Weir Mason (1860–1924) 1923 – 1924 Died in Office 4. John Stephen Curlewis (1863–1940) 1924 – 1927 Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa 5. Daniël de Waal (1873–1938) 1927 – 1937 6.