Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)

Regulations

Rules Regulating the Conduct of the Proceedings on the Magistrates' Courts of South Africa

Annexure 2 : Scale of Costs and Fees

Table B : Costs

Part III : General Provisions in respect of proceedings in terms of Section 74 of the Act

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1.        The following fees shall be allowed in addition to those laid down in the Tariff to this Part:

(a) All necessary disbursements incurred in connection with the proceedings.
(b) In addition to the fees stated below, the administrator shall be entitled to a fee of 10% on each instalment collected for the redemption of capital and costs.

 

2.For the purposes of items 4 and 5 of the Tariff to this Part, a folio shall consist of 100 written or printed words or figures and four figures shall be reckoned as one word.

 

TARIFF

 

Item

One to ten creditors

Eleven to twenty creditors

Twenty-One or more creditors


R

R

R

1.

Instructions to apply for administration order, including the necessary perusal of summonses, demands, etc, and ascertaining the amount of assets and liabilities, including all attendances and correspondence necessary in connection therewith

R117,00

R165,00

R263,00

2.

Instructions on application under section 74Q(1) or to oppose such application or the granting of administration order

R93,00

R93,00

R93,00

3.

Drawing up application for administration order or review thereof and affidavit, including all annexures thereto and all attendances, excluding attendance in court

R165,00

R165,00

R165,00

4.

Making copies of application, affidavit and annexures for creditors, per page

R3,00

R3,00

R3,00

5.

 

 

Perusal of application and other documents served, if any, per folio

Note: The fees under this item are only claimed by the attorney or an opposing party

R7,00

R7,00

R7,00

6.

Attending court:

 

 

 

(a)

On postponement or setting aside, if not occasioned by the attorney or his or her client

R44,00

R44,00

R44,00

(b)

On any other hearing

R93,00

R177,00

R177,00

7.

For furnishing to a creditor by the administrator of the information referred to in section 74M(a) of the Act, per application

R12,00

R12,00

R12,00

8.

For furnishing of a copy of the debtor's statement of affairs referred to in sections 74 and 74A(1) of the Act by the administrator in terms of section 74M(b) or of a list or account referred to in section 74G(1) or 74J of the Act or of the debtor's statement of affairs referred to in section 65I(2) of the Act, per page

R2,00

R2,00

R2,00

9.

Correspondence and attendances

R19,00

R19,00

R19,00