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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

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10. Recovery and uncollected benefits

 

(1) SASSA may recover all monies paid to any person in the event that such a person irregularly benefitted or was not entitled to benefit from the Social Relief of Distress Grant.

 

(2) An applicant whose application was approved but who was not paid because the applicant was not traceable or the applicant did not contact SASSA to update his or her personal details within 90 days of being notified to do so, may forfeit any monies due to him or her to the state.

 

(3) Before the money is forfeited to the state as contemplated in subdirection (2) the applicant who has not responded to SASSA’s communication shall be given 90 days to respond from the date of the applicant being sent an sms notification by SASSA through the last known mobile cellphone number in possession of SASSA.

 

(4) It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that SASSA has his or her current cell phone number as SASSA cannot be held liable for messages sent to an incorrect cell phone number.