Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)RegulationsRules Regulating the Conduct of the Proceedings on the Magistrates' Courts of South Africa63. Filing, preparation and inspection of documents |
| (1) |
| (a) | All documents filed with the court, other than exhibits or facsimiles thereof, shall be clearly and legibly printed or typewritten in permanent black or blue-black ink on one side only of paper of good quality and of A4 standard size. |
| (b) | A document shall be deemed to be typewritten if it is reproduced clearly and legibly on suitable paper by a duplicating, lithographic, photographic or any other method of reproduction. |
| (2) | Stated cases, affidavits, grounds of appeal and the like shall be divided into concise paragraphs which shall be consecutively numbered. |
| (3) | In defended actions or opposed applications the plaintiff or applicant, as the case may be, shall not later than 10 days prior to the hearing of the matter collate, and number consecutively, and suitably secure, all pages of the documents delivered and shall prepare and deliver a complete index thereof. |
| (4) | Every affidavit filed with the registrar or clerk of the court by or on behalf of a respondent shall, if he or she is represented, on the first page thereof bear the name and address of the attorney filing it. |
| (5) | The registrar or clerk of the court may reject any document which does not comply with the requirements of this rule. |
| (6) | Any person, with leave of the registrar or clerk of the court and on good cause shown, may examine and make copies of all documents in a court file at the office of the registrar or clerk of the court. |