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Government Notice R394 of 2008
- Published in Government Gazette 30953 on 11 April 2008
- Commenced on 11 April 2008
- [This is the version of this document as it was from 11 April 2008 to 5 September 2017.]
- [Please note that the research on this work is ongoing. Amendment, commencement and repeal information may be missing.]
1. Definitions
In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Acts shall bear the meaning so assigned to it and unless the context otherwise indicates—“court manager” means the person in control of the administration of a magistrate’s office;“registrar” includes assistant registrar;“the Acts” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944), and the Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959); and“witness” means a person who attends a civil case as a witness.2. Subsistence allowance
3. Transport and traveling expenses
4. Income forfeited
On satisfactory proof having been produced that a witness has forfeited income as a result of his or her attendance of a civil case, he or she is, in addition to the allowance that may be payable to the witness in terms of regulation 2, entitled to an allowance equal to the actual amount of income so forfeited, subject to a maximum of R 1500,00 per day.5. Supplementary provisions
The court manager, registrar or taxing master of a High Court may approve—6.
Where the expenses of a witness are provided for from any other source, no allowance in terms of this Schedule shall be paid to him or her.7.
The allowances prescribed in this Schedule are also payable to a person who, of necessity, accompanies a witness on account of the youth or infirmity, owing to old age, or any other infirmity of the witness.8.
The decision of a court manager, registrar, or taxing master of a High Court in respect of the amounts payable in terms of regulations 3, 4 and 5 shall be final.9.
Government Notice No. R. 2597 of 1 November 1991 is repealed.History of this document
06 September 2017
11 April 2008 this version
Commenced