Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996 (Act No. 76 of 1996)

Chapter 6 : Miscellaneous

34. Jurisdiction of magistrate's courts
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A magistrate's court or regional court shall have jurisdiction—

(a)to impose any penalty mentioned in section 31, even though that penalty may exceed the punitive jurisdiction of that court; and
(b)to make any order referred to in section 8(1), even though the amount payable under that order may exceed the civil jurisdiction of a magistrate's court.