Truth and Justice
No. 20627 - Vol. 413 - 15 November 1999 - (Regulation Gazette No. 6675)
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Government Gazette No. 20627 - Vol. 413 - 15 November 1999 - (Regulation Gazette No. 6675)
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PROCLAMATION by the President of the Republic of South Africa No. R. 116, 1999 COMMENCEMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE ACT 99 OF 1998 Under section 47 of the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998), I hereby fix 26 November 1999 as the date on which the said Act, with the exception of section 5 and section 7(1)(d) and (2), shall come into operation. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this third day of November, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-nine. T.M.MBEKI, President By Order of the President-in-Cabinet: P.M.MADUNA, Minister of the Cabinet
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE No. R. 1361, 15 November 1999 MAINTENANCE ACT 99 OF 1998
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REGULATIONS RELATING TO MAINTENANCE The Minister of Justice has, under section 44 of the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998), made the regulations in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions 1. In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates "sheriff" means a person appointed under section 2(1)of the Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986), and includes a person appointed under section 5 or 6 of that Act as an acting sheriff or deputy sheriff; and "the Act" means the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998). CHAPTER 1 COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS Complaints 2. (1) Any complaint that any person legally liable to maintain any other person fails to maintain the latter person, contemplated in section 6(1)(a) of the Act, shall substantially correspond with Form A of the Annexure. (2) A complaint for the substitution or
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Government Gazette No. 20627 - Vol. 413 - 15 November 1999 - (Regulation Gazette No. 6675)
Page 2 - GG No. 20627 : 15 November 1999
PROCLAMATION by the President of the Republic of South Africa No. R. 116, 1999 COMMENCEMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE ACT 99 OF 1998 Under section 47 of the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998), I hereby fix 26 November 1999 as the date on which the said Act, with the exception of section 5 and section 7(1)(d) and (2), shall come into operation. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria this third day of November, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-nine. T.M.MBEKI, President By Order of the President-in-Cabinet: P.M.MADUNA, Minister of the Cabinet
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GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE No. R. 1361, 15 November 1999 MAINTENANCE ACT 99 OF 1998
No. 20627 - Vol. 413 - 15 November 1999 - (Regulation Gazette No. 6675)
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REGULATIONS RELATING TO MAINTENANCE The Minister of Justice has, under section 44 of the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998), made the regulations in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions 1. In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates "sheriff" means a person appointed under section 2(1)of the Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986), and includes a person appointed under section 5 or 6 of that Act as an acting sheriff or deputy sheriff; and "the Act" means the Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998). CHAPTER 1 COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS Complaints 2. (1) Any complaint that any person legally liable to maintain any other person fails to maintain the latter person, contemplated in section 6(1)(a) of the Act, shall substantially correspond with Form A of the Annexure. (2) A complaint for the substitution or