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Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944
Act 32 of 1944
- Published in Government Gazette no. 3346 on 19 May 1944
- Assented to on 16 May 1944
- Commenced on 2 July 1945 by Proclamation of 1945
- [This is the version of this document from 5 August 2022.]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1972 (Act 102 of 1972) on 2 July 1945]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1952 (Act 40 of 1952) on 2 July 1945]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1952 (Act 40 of 1952) on 27 June 1952]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1954 (Act 14 of 1954) on 2 April 1954]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1955 (Act 62 of 1955) on 6 July 1955]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1956 (Act 50 of 1956) on 22 June 1956]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1957 (Act 68 of 1957) on 28 June 1957]
- [Amended by Criminal Law Further Amendment Act, 1959 (Act 75 of 1959) on 17 July 1959]
- [Amended by Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1959 (Act 16 of 1959) on 1 September 1959]
- [Amended by General Law Further Amendment Act, 1962 (Act 93 of 1962) on 4 July 1962]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1963 (Act 19 of 1963) on 15 March 1963]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1963 (Act 37 of 1963) on 2 May 1963]
- [Amended by General Law Further Amendment Act, 1963 (Act 93 of 1963) on 12 July 1963]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1964 (Act 80 of 1964) on 24 June 1964]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1965 (Act 48 of 1965) on 5 May 1965]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1967 (Act 8 of 1967) on 17 February 1967]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1968 (Act 70 of 1968) on 21 June 1968]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1968 (Act 70 of 1968) on 30 August 1968]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1964 (Act 80 of 1964) on 30 August 1968]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1969 (Act 17 of 1969) on 26 March 1969]
- [Amended by Establishment of the Northern Cape Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa Act, 1969 (Act 15 of 1969) on 1 May 1969]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1969 (Act 101 of 1969) on 30 June 1969]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1970 (Act 17 of 1970) on 6 March 1970]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1964 (Act 80 of 1964) on 1 November 1970]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1970 (Act 53 of 1970) on 1 December 1970]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1971 (Act 80 of 1971) on 14 July 1971]
- [Amended by Second General Law Amendment Act, 1974 (Act 94 of 1974) on 1 May 1973]
- [Amended by General Law Amendment Act, 1974 (Act 29 of 1974) on 15 March 1974]
- [Amended by Second General Law Amendment Act, 1974 (Act 94 of 1974) on 20 November 1974]
- [Amended by Second General Law Amendment Act, 1974 (Act 94 of 1974) on 1 March 1975]
- [Amended by Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977) on 22 July 1977]
- [Amended by Lower Courts Amendment Act, 1977 (Act 91 of 1977) on 22 July 1977]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1976 (Act 63 of 1976) on 1 January 1979]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1981 (Act 28 of 1981) on 11 March 1981]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1982 (Act 59 of 1982) on 21 April 1982]
- [Amended by Appeals Amendment Act, 1982 (Act 105 of 1982) on 1 April 1983]
- [Amended by Courts of Justice Amendment Act, 1983 (Act 53 of 1983) on 4 May 1983]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1984 (Act 56 of 1984) on 2 May 1984]
- [Amended by Criminal Procedure Matters Amendment Act, 1984 (Act 109 of 1984) on 1 September 1984]
- [Amended by Matrimonial Property Act, 1984 (Act 88 of 1984) on 1 November 1984]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1985 (Act 19 of 1985) on 3 April 1985]
- [Amended by Special Courts for Blacks Abolition Act, 1986 (Act 34 of 1986) on 1 August 1986]
- [Amended by Rules Board for Courts of Law Act, 1985 (Act 107 of 1985) on 20 February 1987]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1987 (Act 25 of 1987) on 24 June 1987]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1987 (Act 25 of 1987) on 1 January 1988]
- [Amended by Law of Evidence Amendment Act, 1988 (Act 45 of 1988) on 3 October 1988]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1987 (Act 25 of 1987) on 1 July 1989]
- [Amended by Attorneys Amendment Act, 1989 (Act 87 of 1989) on 29 September 1989]
- [Amended by Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act 90 of 1986) on 1 March 1990]
- [Amended by Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1990 (Act 107 of 1990) on 1 August 1990]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 1991 (Act 4 of 1991) on 28 March 1991]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1991 (Act 118 of 1991) on 1 March 1992]
- [Amended by Attorneys Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 115 of 1993) on 1 August 1993]
- [Amended by General Law Third Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 129 of 1993) on 1 September 1993]
- [Amended by General Law Fourth Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 132 of 1993) on 1 December 1993]
- [Amended by General Law Fifth Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 157 of 1993) on 1 December 1993]
- [Amended by General Law Sixth Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 204 of 1993) on 1 March 1994]
- [Amended by Magistrates Act, 1993 (Act 90 of 1993) on 11 March 1994]
- [Amended by Abolition of Restrictions on the Jurisdiction of Courts Act, 1996 (Act 88 of 1996) on 22 November 1996]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 1996 (Act 104 of 1996) on 14 February 1997]
- [Amended by Justice Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996 (Act 18 of 1996) on 1 April 1997]
- [Amended by Abolition of Corporal Punishment Act, 1997 (Act 33 of 1997) on 5 September 1997]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Second Amendment Act, 1997 (Act 80 of 1997) on 10 December 1997]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1997 (Act 81 of 1997) on 10 December 1997]
- [Amended by Magistrates Amendment Act, 1998 (Act 66 of 1998) on 7 October 1998]
- [Amended by Sheriff's Amendment Act, 1998 (Act 74 of 1998) on 1 March 1999]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1993 (Act 120 of 1993) on 7 January 2000]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 1998 (Act 67 of 1998) on 20 April 2000]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2000 (Act 62 of 2000) on 23 March 2001]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2002 (Act 55 of 2002) on 17 January 2003]
- [Amended by Debt Collectors Act, 1998 (Act 114 of 1998) on 7 February 2003]
- [Amended by Judicial Officers (Amendment of Conditions of Service) Act, 2003 (Act 28 of 2003) on 1 November 2003]
- [Amended by National Credit Act, 2005 (Act 34 of 2005) on 1 June 2006]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2005 (Act 22 of 2005) on 2 November 2007]
- [Amended by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act 32 of 2007) on 16 December 2007]
- [Amended by Jurisdiction of Regional Courts Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 31 of 2008) on 9 August 2010]
- [Amended by Magistrates' Courts Amendment Act, 2010 (Act 19 of 2010) on 7 December 2010]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2013 (Act 42 of 2013) on 22 January 2014]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2015 (Act 24 of 2015) on 8 January 2016]
- [Amended by Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2017 (Act 8 of 2017) on 2 August 2017]
- [Amended by Courts of Law Amendment Act, 2017 (Act 7 of 2017) on 1 August 2018]
- [Amended by Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Act, 2021 (Act 12 of 2021) on 5 August 2022]