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Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959) [REPEALED]
Introduction
1. Definitions
2. Constitution of Supreme Court of South Africa
3. Constitution of divisions
4. Seats of divisions
5. Scope and execution of process of appellate division
6. Areas of jurisdiction of provincial and local divisions
7. Circuit local divisions
8. Disposal of records and execution of judgments of circuit courts
9. Removal of proceedings from one division to another
10. Appointment, remuneration and tenure of office of judges
11. Judge not to hold any other office of profit
12. Constitution of court of appellate division
13. Constitution of courts of provincial or local divisions
14. More than one court of a division may sit at the same time
15. Nature of courts and seals
16. Proceedings to be carried on in open court
17. Manner of arriving at decisions in courts of provincial or local divisions
18. Certified copies of court records admissible as evidence
19. Persons over whom and matters in relation to which provincial and local divisions have jurisdiction
19 bis. Reference of particular matters for investigation by referee
20. Appeals to Supreme Court in general
21. Appeals to appellate division
21A. Powers of court of appeal in certain civil proceedings
22. Powers of court on hearing of appeals
23. Settlement of conflicting decisions in civil cases
24. Grounds of review of proceedings of inferior courts
25. No process to be issued against judge except with consent of court
26. Scope and execution of process of provincial and local divisions
27. Time allowed for appearance
27A. Judgment by default
28. Prohibition on attachment to found jurisdiction or arrest where defendant resides within the Republic
29. Circumstances in which security for costs shall not be required
30. Manner of securing attendance of witnesses
31. Manner in which witness may be dealt with on refusal to give evidence or produce documents
32. Examination by interrogatories of persons whose evidence is required in civil cases
33. Manner of dealing with commissions rogatoire, letters of request and documents for service originating from foreign countries
34. Appointment of officers of the Supreme Court
34A. Repealed
35. Repealed
36. Execution of process
37. Repealed
38. Repealed
39. Property not liable to be seized in execution
40. Offences relating to execution
41. Transmission of summonses, writs and other process and of notice of issue thereof by telegraph
42. Witness fees
43. Rules of Court
44. Existing divisions and courts
45. Deleted
46. Repeal of laws
47. Short title and date of commencement
Schedules
First Schedule
Provincial and Local Divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa
Second Schedule
Laws Repealed
Minister
means the Minister of Justice;
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