Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998)Competition Commission RulesPart 1 - General ProvisionsDivision B - Commission Office Functions4. Time limits |
| 1) | When a particular number of days is prescribed for doing an act, the number of days must be calculated by excluding the first day and including the last day. |
| 2) | When the time for doing an act expires on a public holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday, the act may be done on the next day that is not a public holiday, a Saturday, or a Sunday (1). |
| 3) | When a particular number of business days is prescribed for doing an act, the provisions of sub-rule (1) apply, but public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays must not be included in the calculation of the time limit. |
| 4) | On good cause shown, the Commissioner may condone late performance of an act in respect of which these Rules prescribe a time limit, other than a time limit that is binding on the Commission itself. |
| (1) | Note that time periods for days in the Act an calculated in accordance with the Interpretation Act, which would not exclude Saturdays from the expiry period as does rule 4(2). |