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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

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Enforcement Committee Rules, 2022

Schedule 1

Part 3 : Enforcement Committee Procedures

13. Withdrawal

 

(1) The applicant may withdraw its case only with the permission of the Enforcement Committee, or if no Enforcement Committee has been constituted, the chairperson.

 

(2) Where permission is granted under sub-rule 13 (1) of Schedule 1, the Enforcement Committee or the chairperson (collectively referred to as the “grantor”), as the case may be, may—
(a) do so on such terms as the grantor thinks fit;
(b) instruct the registrar to publish a notice of the withdrawal on the FPB website, which shall appear on the FPB website for at least 5 (five) days, or in such other manner as the grantor may direct; and
(c) publish any decision which the grantor would have made had the case not been withdrawn.

 

(3) Where a case is withdrawn—
(a) any interim order of the Enforcement Committee, other than an order made in respect of costs, immediately ceases to have effect; and
(b) no fresh case may be brought by the applicant in relation to the decision which was the subject of the case without the permission of the Enforcement Committee.