Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)Chapter 6 : Legal Practitioners' Fidelity FundPart 3 : Claims against Fund78. Procedure for instituting claims against Fund |
| (1) | No person has a claim against the Fund in respect of any theft contemplated in section 55, unless— |
| (a) | written notice of the claim is given to the Council and to the Board within three months after the claimant became aware of the theft or, by the exercise of reasonable care, should have become aware of the theft; and |
| (b) | within six months after a written demand has been sent to him or her by the Board, the claimant furnishes the Board with proof as the Board may reasonably require. |
| (2) | If the Board is satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances, a claim or the proof required by it has been lodged or furnished within a reasonable period, it may in its discretion extend any of the periods referred to in subsection (1). |