Small Claims Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 61 of 1984)

Chapter I : Establishment and Nature of Small Claims Courts

3. Nature of courts and force of process
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(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), a court shall not be a court of record.

 

(2)The presiding officer shall record or cause to be recorded the verdict, judgment or order of the court and shall sign it.

 

(3)The process of a court shall be served or executed in the prescribed manner.

 

(4)Every process of a court shall be of force throughout the Republic.