National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act 102 of 1996)
R 385
Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections relating to All Courts, Court Precincts and Justice Service Points in the Republic of South Africa during Alert Level 34 - 7. Restriction of services and access to a court room, court house or justice service point |
| 4. | Persons with a material interest in a case such as litigants, accused persons, legal practitioners, witnesses, or persons who may be needed to provide support to the litigant, accused persons and witnesses including family members and persons accompanying children, victims of domestic violence or sexual offences and persons with disabilities and members of the media will be permitted to enter a court room, a court house or justice service point, provided that in respect of a court room, the presiding judicial officer may direct that the number of persons in the court room be reduced to comply with safety measures and physical distancing requirements. |
| 5. | Entry into a court room, court house or justice service point may only be allowed in respect of permitted services listed in the Annexure and subject to the conditions detailed in these Directions. |
| 6. | The number of persons entering a court room, court house or justice service point may be limited based on the floor space of the court room, court house or justice service point concerned to ensure compliance with the requirement relating to physical distancing. |
| 7. | A person who in the past fourteen days has been in contact with, or exposed to, another person who has tested positive for COVID-19, except a person who had tested positive but has recovered and subsequently tested negative, may not be allowed to enter a court room, court house or a justice service point until such person has tested negative. |
