Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Sheriffs, 1990

Annexures

Form 11 : Fees chargeable regarding service of process or document by designated official [Regulation 2G(6)]
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Note:

 

(1)The fees and charges as set out below shall be chargeable and allowed.

 

(2)Where any dispute arises as to the validity or amount of any fees or charges, or where necessary work is done and necessary expenditure incurred for which no provision is made, the matter shall be determined by the taxing officer of the court whose process is in question.

 

(3)A request to tax an account of an official shall be done within 90 days after the date on which the account of which the fees are disputed has been rendered.

 

SUPERIOR COURT

 

Item

R

c

1

For service of summonses, petitions together with notice of motion or set down, other notices, orders or any other documents, each:

Provided that—

(i) Whenever any document to be served with any such process is mentioned in the process or forms an annexure thereto, no additional fee shall be charged for the service of such document, but otherwise a fee of R7.00 may be charged in respect of each separate document served;

(ii) No fee for the service of a separate document shall be charged in respect of the service of process in criminal cases.

49

00

2

For attempted service of summonses, petitions together with notice of motion or notice of set down, other notices, orders and any other documents: Provided that an attempted service of more than one document on the same person shall be treated as an attempted service of one document only.

36

50

 

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Item

R

c

For each service or attempted service of any process or document:

Provided that service of a notice referred to in rule 54(1) simultaneously with the summons shall not be regarded as a separate service.

7

00

 

[Form 11 inserted by regulation 8 of Notice No. R. 568 dated 18 July 2008]