Constitutional Court Rules (Pertaining to Sheriffs)
The costs order shall have the effect of a civil judgment of the magistrate’s court and the party in whose favour a costs order was made shall be deemed the judgment creditor and the party against whom such order was made shall be deemed the judgment debtor…
Superior Court Act (Pertaining to Sheriffs)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), and unless the court under exceptional circumstances orders otherwise, the operation and execution of a decision which is the subject of an application for leave to appeal or of an appeal, is suspended pending the decision of the application or appeal…
Uniform Rules of Court (High Court Rules) (Pertaining to Sheriffs)
Service of any process of the court directed to the sheriff and subject to the provisions of paragraph (a A) any document initiating application proceedings shall be effected by the sheriff in one or other of the following manners…
Magistrates Court Act (Pertaining to Sheriffs)
A messenger receiving any process for service or execution from a practitioner or plaintiff by whom there is due and payable to the messenger any sum of money in respect of services performed more than three months previously in the execution of any duty of his office…
Magistrates Court Pendlex (MCP)(Pertaining to Sheriffs)
A sheriff receiving any process for service or execution from a practitioner or plaintiff by whom there is due and payable to the sheriff any sum of money in respect of services performed more than three months previously in the execution of any duty of his office, and which notwithstanding request…
Magistrates Court Rules (Pertaining to Sheriffs)
Subject to the provisions of this rule, a summons may be amended by the plaintiff before service as he or she may deem fit. Any alteration or amendment of a summons before service and whether before or after issue, shall, before the summons is served, be initialed by the registrar or clerk of the court…
Maintenance Act
(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply in respect of the legal duty of any person to maintain any other person, irrespective of the nature of the relationship between those persons giving rise to that duty.
(2) This Act shall not be interpreted so as to derogate from the law relating to the liability of persons to maintain other persons…
Domestic Violence Act
Any member of the South African Police Service must, at the scene of an incident of domestic violence or as soon thereafter as is reasonably possible, or when the incident of domestic violence is reported –
(a) render such assistance to the complainant as may be required in the circumstances…
Insolvency Act
(1) An insolvent debtor or his agent or a person entrusted
with the administration of the estate of a deceased insolvent
debtor or of an insolvent debtor who is incapable of managing
his own affairs, may petition the Court for the acceptance of
the surrender of the debtor’s estate for the benefit of his
creditors…
State Liability Act
Any claim against the State which would, if that claim had arisen against a person, be
the ground of an action in any competent court, shall be cognizable by such court,
whether the claim arises out of any contract lawfully entered into on behalf of the State
or out of any wrong committed by any servant of the State acting in his capacity and…
Court Forms
High Court
- Notice of Attachment in Execution (HC Form 20A);
- Conditions in Sale in Execution of Immovable Property (HC Form 21);
- Notice to cancel Sale of Immovable Property in terms of Rule 46 (11)(a) (HC Form 21A);
Magistrates Court
- Conditions of Sale of Immovable Property (MC No 33A);
- Notice to Cancel Sale of Immovable Property in terms of Rule 43(1)(a) (MC No 33B);
- Notice in terms of Rule 43(5)(a) (MC No 34);
- Interpleader Summons (MC No 35);
- Interpleader Summons (MC No 36);
- Security under rule 38 (MC No 37);
- Security under rule 41(15) (MC No 37A);
