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Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No. 121 of 1998)

Chapter 8 : General Provisions

76. Jurisdiction of courts

 

(1) A regional court shall have penal jurisdiction to impose any penalty mentioned in section 8 or 71(3)b), even though that penalty may exceed the penal jurisdiction of that court.

[Section 76(1) amended by section 40 of Act No. 24 of 1999]

 

(2) A magistrate's court shall have penal jurisdiction to impose any penalty mentioned in section 10, even though that penalty may exceed the penal jurisdiction of that court.

 

(3) A magistrates' court or regional court shall have jurisdiction to make any order referred to in section 18(1), even though the amount payable under that order may exceed the civil jurisdiction of a magistrate's court or regional court.