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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

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Enforcement Committee Rules, 2022

Schedule 1

Part 3 : Enforcement Committee Procedures

Additional Parties and Additional Cases

20. Powers on receipt of an additional case

 

(1) The Enforcement Committee may—
(a) permit an additional case to be made;
(b) dismiss an additional case; and
(c) require an additional case to be dealt with separately from the case by the applicant against the respondent.

 

(2) The matters to which the Enforcement Committee may have regard in deciding whether to exercise any of its powers under sub-rule 20 (1) of Schedule 1 include—
(a) the connection between the additional case and the case made by the applicant against the respondent;
(b) whether the additional case is seeking substantially the same remedy which some other party is claiming from it; and
(c) whether the additional applicant wants the Enforcement Committee to decide any question connected with the subject matter of the proceedings—
(i) not only between existing parties but also between existing parties and a person not already a party; or
(ii) against an existing party not only in a capacity in which it is already a party but also in some further capacity.

 

(3) Where the Enforcement Committee exercises any of its powers under sub-rule 20 (1) of Schedule 1, it may make further orders or give further directions as it thinks appropriate.