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Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963 (Act No. 16 of 1963)

General

10. Regulations

 

(1) The Minister may make regulations—
(a) prescribing the matters in respect of which fees shall be payable to justices of the peace appointed in terms of section two, and the scale of such fees;
(b) prescribing the form and manner in which an oath or affirmation shall be administered and a solemn or attested declaration shall be taken, when not prescribed by any other law;
(c) prescribing the circumstances under which commissioners of oaths shall be prohibited from administering an oath or affirmation or taking a solemn or attested declaration;

and generally for the better carrying out of the objects and purposes of this Act.

 

(2) A differing scale of fees may in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) be prescribed in respect of different areas, and different regulations may in terms of paragraph (c) of the said subsection be made in relation to different commissioners of oaths or in relation to commissioners of oaths of different classes.