• Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959) [REPEALED]
  • Introduction
  • 1. Definitions
  • 2. Constitution of Supreme Court of South Africa
  • 3. Constitution of divisions
  • 4. Seats of divisions
  • 5. Scope and execution of process of appellate division
  • 6. Areas of jurisdiction of provincial and local divisions
  • 7. Circuit local divisions
  • 8. Disposal of records and execution of judgments of circuit courts
  • 9. Removal of proceedings from one division to another
  • 10. Appointment, remuneration and tenure of office of judges
  • 11. Judge not to hold any other office of profit
  • 12. Constitution of court of appellate division
  • 13. Constitution of courts of provincial or local divisions
  • 14. More than one court of a division may sit at the same time
  • 15. Nature of courts and seals
  • 16. Proceedings to be carried on in open court
  • 17. Manner of arriving at decisions in courts of provincial or local divisions
  • 18. Certified copies of court records admissible as evidence
  • 19. Persons over whom and matters in relation to which provincial and local divisions have jurisdiction
  • 19 bis. Reference of particular matters for investigation by referee
  • 20. Appeals to Supreme Court in general
  • 21. Appeals to appellate division
  • 21A. Powers of court of appeal in certain civil proceedings
  • 22. Powers of court on hearing of appeals
  • 23. Settlement of conflicting decisions in civil cases
  • 24. Grounds of review of proceedings of inferior courts
  • 25. No process to be issued against judge except with consent of court
  • 26. Scope and execution of process of provincial and local divisions
  • 27. Time allowed for appearance
  • 27A. Judgment by default
  • 28. Prohibition on attachment to found jurisdiction or arrest where defendant resides within the Republic
  • 29. Circumstances in which security for costs shall not be required
  • 30. Manner of securing attendance of witnesses
  • 31. Manner in which witness may be dealt with on refusal to give evidence or produce documents
  • 32. Examination by interrogatories of persons whose evidence is required in civil cases
  • 33. Manner of dealing with commissions rogatoire, letters of request and documents for service originating from foreign countries
  • 34. Appointment of officers of the Supreme Court
  • 34A. Repealed
  • 35. Repealed
  • 36. Execution of process
  • 37. Repealed
  • 38. Repealed
  • 39. Property not liable to be seized in execution
  • 40. Offences relating to execution
  • 41. Transmission of summonses, writs and other process and of notice of issue thereof by telegraph
  • 42. Witness fees
  • 43. Rules of Court
  • 44. Existing divisions and courts
  • 45. Deleted
  • 46. Repeal of laws
  • 47. Short title and date of commencement
  • Schedules
    • First Schedule
      • Provincial and Local Divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa
    • Second Schedule
      • Laws Repealed