Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)Chapter IVA : Appeals Tribunal29G. Sittings of Tribunal |
| (1) | The Tribunal must sit on such days and during such hours and at such a place as the Chairperson may determine. |
| (2) | The presence of at least 50 per cent plus one of the members shall be necessary to constitute a sitting of the Tribunal. |
| (3) | If both the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson are absent from a sitting of the Tribunal, the members present must from among their number elect a person to preside at the sitting. |
| (4) | The Chairperson may for the purposes of hearing an appeal or reviewing a decision— |
| (a) | summon any person who may give material information concerning the subject matter of the hearing or who has in his or her possession or custody or under his or her control any document which has any bearing upon the subject of the hearing, to appear before him or her at a time and place specified in the summons, to be interrogated or to produce that document, and the Chairperson may retain for examination any document so produced; |
| (b) | administer an oath or affirmation from any person called as a witness at the hearing; and |
| (c) | call any person present at the hearing as a witness and interrogate him or her and require him or her to produce any document in his or her possession or custody or under his or her control, which has a bearing on the subject matter of the hearing. |
[Section 29G inserted by section 16 of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019), Notice No. 1080, GG42648, dated 19 August 2019 - shall come into operation, (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively, per Proclamation 272 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 except for section 2(g)]