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Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994)

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Land Claims Court Rules

Part E : Cases

25. Notice of Appearance

 

(1) Any party that wants to participate in a case must, within ten days after service on him or her of the process by which the case is initiated, file a notice of appearance based on form 10 of Schedule 1 and furnish a similar notice to the applicant or plaintiff, or if there is more than one, to the first applicant or plaintiff.

 

(2) Every notice of appearance must—
(a) be to the effect that the person concerned wants to participate in the case; and
(b) contain the requisites for a filing notice, as set out in rule 18(2).

 

(3) After the process by which the case is initiated has been served on all parties and after all of them have either filed a notice of appearance or the time within which they may do so has expired, the applicant or plaintiff must deliver a notice, based on form 11 of Schedule 1—
(a) containing the names and service addresses of all parties who filed notices of appearance; and
(b) calling upon such parties to deliver their answering affidavits, responses or pleas (as the case may be) within fifteen days of receipt of that notice.

 

(4) Subrule (3) does not apply where the Director-General refers to the Court an application in which no settlement agreement was reached.