Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (Act No. 116 of 1998)

18A. Directives for clerks of court
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(1) The Director-General must issue directives with which clerks of the court must comply in the execution of their functions in terms of this Act, and any directives so issued must be published in the Gazette.

 

(2) The Minister must submit any directives issued in terms of subsection (1) to Parliament before those directives take effect.

 

(3) The directives referred to in this section must ensure that adequate disciplinary steps will be taken against a clerk of the court who fails to comply with any directive.

 

(4) Any directive issued under this section may be amended or withdrawn in like manner.

 

[Section 18A inserted by section 24 of the Domestic Violence Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 14 of 2021), as per Notice No. 788, GG45824, dated 28 January 2022 - effective 14 April 2023 as the date on which the said Act, with the exception of section 6A, comes into operation, as per Proclamation No. 117, GG48419, dated 14 April 2023]