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ZAF-2015-L-100404
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Title_of_text
Act No. 9 of 2015: Maintenance Amendment Act, 2015.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-09-07
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
To amend the Maintenance Act, 1998, so as to further regulate the lodging of complaints relating to maintenance and the jurisdiction of maintenance courts; to further regulate the investigation of maintenance complaints; to further regulate the securing of witnesses for purposes of a maintenance enquiry; to further regulate maintenance enquiries in order to make provision for the granting of interim maintenance orders; to further regulate the making of maintenance orders; to further regulate the making of maintenance orders by consent; to further regulate the circumstances in which maintenance orders may be granted by default; to further regulate the granting of cost orders; to regulate the effect a maintenance order made by a maintenance court has on a maintenance order made by another court; to further regulate the transfer of maintenance orders; to regulate the reporting of a maintenance defaulter to any business which has as its object the granting of credit or is involved in the credit rating of persons; to further regulate the attachment of emoluments; to increase the penalties for certain offences; to create certain new offences; to further regulate the conversion of criminal proceedings into maintenance enquiries; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1998-11-19 (ZAF-1998-L-51668)
Maintenance Act, 1998 (No. 99 of 1998).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
South African Government Information
Country
South Africa
URL
http://www.gov.za/
File
ZAF100404.pdf (PDF)