Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Maintenance Act, 1998 (Act No. 99 of 1998)Chapter 2 : Maintenance Courts and Court Officers5. Maintenance investigators |
| (1) | The Minister, or any officer of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development authorised thereto in writing by the Minister, may— |
| (a) | Subject to the laws governing the public service, appoint or designate one or more officers in the Department; or |
| (b) | appoint in the prescribed manner and on the prescribed conditions one or more persons as maintenance investigators of a maintenance court to exercise or perform any power, duty or function conferred upon or assigned to maintenance investigators by or under this Act. |
| (2) | The Minister shall take all reasonable steps within the available resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the progressive realisation of the appointment of at least one maintenance investigator for each maintenance court. |
