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Sheriffs Act, 1986 (Act No. 90 of 1986)

Chapter III : Position of Trust of Sheriffs

Fidelity fund certificates

32. Issue of fidelity fund certificates

 

(1) If the Board is satisfied, after consideration of an application referred to in section 31, that the sheriff is, having regard to the provisions of section 33, a suitable person to hold a fidelity fund certificate, the Board shall issue to him a fidelity fund certificate on the prescribed form.

 

(2) A fidelity fund certificate shall be valid until 31 December of the year in respect of which it has been issued.

 

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the Board may at any time issue to an acting sheriff a fidelity fund certificate having a period of validity of not less than one month and not more than one year.

[Section 32(3) substituted by section 10 of Act No. 74 of 1998]