• Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 (Act No. 17 of 2011)
  • Notice No. 1014 of 2011
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • 1. Definitions and Application of Act
  • 2. Application for protection order
  • 3. Consideration of application
  • 4. Electronic communications
  • 5. Court may order investigation
  • 6. Powers of South African Police Service
  • 7. Attendance of witnesses
  • 8. Circumstances in which proceedings
  • 9. Issuing of protection order
  • 10. Court's powers of protection order
  • 11. Warrant of arrest 
  • 12. Seizure of weapons
  • 13. Variation of protection order
  • 14. Jurisdiction
  • 15. Service of documents
  • 16. Costs
  • 17. Appeal and review
  • 18. Offences
  • 19. Regulations
  • 20. Policy directives
  • 21. Amendment of section 102 of Act 60 of 2000
  • 22. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Act 60 of 2000
  • 23. Short title and commencement
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of the Protection from Harassment Act, 2011 (Act No. 17 of 2011)
    • Notice No. R.9 of 2013
• Regulations
  • Protection from Harassment Regulations, 2013
    • Notice No. R. 274 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Manner in which clerk of court must inform complainant or person
    • 3. Manner of applying for protection order (Section 2(1))
    • 4. Issuing of interim protection order and manner of service (Section 3(2) and (3))
    • 5. Notice to show cause and manner of service of notice
    • 6. Manner of service of interim protection order and warrant of arrest
    • 7. Form of direction directing electronic communications service provider
    • 8. Manner in which electronic communications service  provider must furnish information
    • 9. Application by electronic communications service provider for extension of period
    • 10. Manner of requesting additional evidence by way of affidavit from electronic communications service provider
    • 11. Form and manner of informing electronic communications service provider
    • 12. Manner in which electronic communications service providers must bring change of particulars
    • 13. Form of direction directing station commander to determine name and address
    • 14. Form of affidavit by member of South African Police Service 
    • 15. Application by station commander for extension of period
    • 16. Manner of requesting additional evidence by way of affidavit
    • 17. Form and manner of informing station commander of outcome of application (Section 5(4)(d))
    • 18. Form of affidavit by member of South African Police Service to provide information to court (Section 6(3)(b))
    • 19. Subpoena of person as witness or to provide book, document or object (Section 7(1))
    • 20. Form of final protection order and service (Section 9(1), (4) and (6))
    • 21. Manner of forwarding protection order and warrant of arrest
    • 22. Form of warrant of arrest (Section 11(1)(a))
    • 23. Form of affidavit for further warrant of arrest (Section 11 (3))
    • 24. Form of affidavit regarding contravention of protection order (Section 11(4)(a))
    • 25. Form of written notice to respondent to appear  before court (Section 11(4)(c))
    • 26. Application for variation or setting aside of protection order (Section 13(1))
    • 27. Notice of variation or setting aside of protection order (Section 13(3))
    • 28. Service of documents
    • 29. Service, filing or forwarding of documents by facsimile
    • 30. Short title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Form 1 [Regulation 2]
      • Form 2  [Regulation 3]
      • Form 3 [Regulation 4]
      • Form 4 [Regulation 5]
      • Form 5 [Regulation 7]
      • Form 6 [Regulation 8(3)]
      • Form 7 [Regulation 9]
      • Form 8 [Regulation 10(1)]
      • Form 9 [Regulation 10(4)]
      • Form 10 [Regulation 11]
      • Form 11 [Regulation 13]
      • Form 12 [Regulation 14]
      • Form 13 [Regulation 15]
      • Form 14 [Regulation 16(1)]
      • Form 15 [Regulation 16(4)]
      • Form 16 [Regulation 17]
      • Form 17 [Regulation 18]
      • Form 18 [Regulation 19]
      • Form 19 [Regulation 20(1)]
      • Form 20 [Regulation 22]
      • Form 21 [Regulation 23]
      • Form 22 [Regulation 24]
      • Form 23 [Regulation 25]
      • Form 24 [Regulation 26]
      • Form 25 [Regulation 27]
      • Form 26 [Regulation 29]
  • Tariff of Compensation Payable to Electronic Communications Service Providers in terms of Section 4(8) of the Act
    • Notice No. R. 275 of 2013
  • Directives in Terms of Section 20(3)
    • Notice No. R. 276 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Compliance with the Act and Regulations
    • 3. Availability of clerk of court to receive applications for protection orders
    • 4. Assistance to be rendered by clerk of court to complainant 
    • 5. Assistance to be rendered by clerk of court to complainant
    • 6. General duties of clerk of court on receipt of application for a protection order
    • 7. Submission of application for protection order to court
    • 8. Confidentiality of documents
    • 9. Service and forwarding of documents by clerks of court
    • 10. Disciplinary steps for failure to comply with directives
• Notices
  • National Instruction 1/2013 : Protection from Harassment
    • Notice No. 688 of 2013
    • 1. Background
    • 2. Definitions
    • 3. Keeping of documents and registers in the community service centre
    • 4. Reporting of complaints of harassment to a member
    • 5. Serving of a direction of court to an electronic communications service provider
    • 6. Investigation to ascertain the name and address of the respondent as directed by a court
    • 7. Investigation to determine the name and address of the respondent
    • 8. Issuing of a protection order by the court
    • 9. Seizure of any weapon in terms of a court order
    • 10. Arresting a respondent who contravenes a protection order
    • 11. Collection of personal property identified in the application for a protection order
    • 12. Serving of a protection order issued by the court
    • 13. Failure by a member to comply with the Act or this Instruction
    • Forms
      • SAPS 590 : Protection from Harassment Register
      • SAPS 590(a) : Affidavit by Station Commander to Furnish Information to Court
      • SAPS 590(b) : Affidavit by Member to Furnish Information to Court
      • SAPS 590(c) : Application by Station Commander for Extension of Time or Cancellation of Direction
      • SAPS 590(d) : Furnishing of Additional Information by Station Commander as Requested by Court
      • SAPS 590(e) : Written Notice to Appear in Court