Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)RegulationsRegulations relating to Children's Courts and International Child Abduction, 2010Chapter IV : International Child Abduction29. Response |
| (1) | Subject to subregulation (2), a respondent must file and serve on the parties a response to an application within five days, beginning with the date on which the application is served. |
| (2) | A High Court may direct a period longer than that provided for in subregulation (1) for service where the respondent has been made a party if he or she appears to that Court to have sufficient interest in the welfare of the child. |
| (3) | The applicant may, within five days, beginning with the date on which a respondent's response is served on him or her, file and serve a statement in reply. |