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Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944)

Part II : Civil Matters

Chapter VI : Civil Jurisdiction

29B. Jurisdiction of civil court of district relative to interlocutory orders and execution emanating from actions in court of civil division

 

(1) Except where it is otherwise by law provided, a party or parties to any suit pending in a court of a civil division may, in accordance with the rules, apply to the civil court of the district in which the summons was issued for any interlocutory order, including any order contemplated in section 30, 30bis, 31 or 32 which may emanate from such suit, and that court may grant such order.

 

(2)        

(a) Execution in terms of the provisions of Chapter IX of a judgment for the payment of any amount of money or an order for the payment in specified instalments of such an amount, and an administration order, shall in all cases be dealt with by the civil court of the district in which the summons was issued.
(b) The provisions of section 65M in relation to the execution of a judgment for the payment of any amount of money that has been given by a division of the Supreme Court of South Africa, shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to any such judgment given by any court of a civil division.

 

[Section 29B inserted by section 23 of the Magistrate's Courts Amendment Act No. 120 of 1993, provisions which will be put into operation by proclamation]