Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
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Pension Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956)Chapter VA : Consideration and Adjudication of Complaints30H. Jurisdiction and prescription |
(1) | The Adjudicator shall, subject to section 30I, investigate a complaint notwithstanding that the complaint relates to a matter which arose prior to the commencement of the Pension Funds Amendment Act, 1995. |
(2) | The Adjudicator not investigate a complaint if, before the lodging of the complaint, proceedings have been instituted in any civil court in respect of a matter which would constitute the subject matter of the investigation. |
(3) | Receipt of a complaint by the Adjudicator shall interrupt any running of prescription in terms of the Prescription Act, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969), or the rules of the fund in question. |
(4) | The Adjudicator shall not have jurisdiction over complaints in connection with a scheme for the apportionment of surplus in terms of section 15B which relate to the decisions taken by the board or any stakeholder in the fund or any specialist tribunal convened in terms of section 15K. |