Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994)RulesLand Claims Court RulesPart E : Cases25. Notice of Appearance |
| (1) | Any party that wants to participate in a case must, within ten days after service on him or her of the process by which the case is initiated, file a notice of appearance based on form 10 of Schedule 1 and furnish a similar notice to the applicant or plaintiff, or if there is more than one, to the first applicant or plaintiff. |
| (2) | Every notice of appearance must— |
| (a) | be to the effect that the person concerned wants to participate in the case; and |
| (b) | contain the requisites for a filing notice, as set out in rule 18(2). |
| (3) | After the process by which the case is initiated has been served on all parties and after all of them have either filed a notice of appearance or the time within which they may do so has expired, the applicant or plaintiff must deliver a notice, based on form 11 of Schedule 1— |
| (a) | containing the names and service addresses of all parties who filed notices of appearance; and |
| (b) | calling upon such parties to deliver their answering affidavits, responses or pleas (as the case may be) within fifteen days of receipt of that notice. |
| (4) | Subrule (3) does not apply where the Director-General refers to the Court an application in which no settlement agreement was reached. |