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Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)

Regulations

Rules Regulating the Conduct of the Proceedings on the Magistrates' Courts of South Africa

Annexure 2 : Scale of Costs and Fees

Table D : Fees to Assessors

 

1. For every attendance when the case is wholly or partly heard: R70 for each hour or part of an hour of such attendance, but not to be less than R140 or more than R350 for every such attendance.

 

2. For every attendance when the case is not heard but is postponed or settled, at the above rate, but the minimum to be R70.

 

3. Attendance to be reckoned from the hour for which the assessor is summoned to the hour at which judgment is given or reserved, or to the hour at which the assessor is expressly released by the court from further attendance, whichever shall be the earlier.

 

4. When the case is adjourned, postponed or settled, attendances to be reckoned from the hour for which the assessor is summoned to the hour at which the case is adjourned, postponed or settled, or to the hour at which the assessor is expressly released by the court from further attendance, whichever shall be the earlier.

 

5. An assessor shall be entitled to the following travelling allowance for each journey actually and necessarily taken between the courthouse and his or her residence or place of business:
(a) R1, 10 per kilometer in the case of a motorcar with an engine swept volume of  2 150 cm3 or less;
(b) R1, 14 per kilometer in the case of a motorcar with an engine swept volume of  2 151 cm3 up to and including 2 500 cm3;
(c) R1, 27 per kilometer in the case of a motorcar with an engine swept volume of  2 501 cm3 up to and including 3 500 cm3;
(d) R1, 42 in the case of a motorcar with an engine swept volume of more than  3 500 cm3.

 

6. The party who desires an assessor in terms of rule 59 (6) shall pay to the clerk or registrar of the court an amount of R350 for each assessor applied for.