Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)Part I : CourtsChapter III : Officers of the Court13A. Registrar of regional division |
| (1) | The Director-General of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development must appoint for each regional division a registrar and so many assistant registrars as may be necessary. |
| (2) | Any clerk of the court and any assistant clerk of the court may also be appointed as the registrar or an assistant registrar of a regional division. |
| (3) | A refusal by a registrar or assistant registrar to do any act which he or she is by any law empowered to do, shall be subject to review by the court of the regional division in question on application either ex parte or on notice, as the circumstances may require. |
| (4) | Any reference in any law to a 'clerk of the court' is, in so far as that law relates to a court of a regional division, deemed to be a reference to the registrar or assistant registrar of that regional division. |
[Section 13A inserted by section 5 of Act No. 31 of 2008]