Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
National Instruction 1/2013 : Protection from Harassment5. Serving of a direction of court to an electronic communications service provider |
| (1) | If an application for a protection order is made as a result of the alleged harassment of the complainant or a related person by means of electronic communications or electronic mail over an electronic communications system of an electronic communications service provider and the identity or address of the respondent is unknown, the court may, in terms of section 4 of the Act , direct an electronic communications service provider to provide information to establish the identity and address of the respondent. |
| (2) | The court may direct a member to serve the direction referred to in subparagraph (1) on an electronic communications service provider. |
| (3) | If the court directs the Police to serve a direction on an electronic communications service provider to furnish information to the court, the service of the direction must be undertaken in the manner set out in Standing Order (General) 307 (with the amendments necessitated by the context). |
