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1 SUPREME COURT ACT Act 59 of 1959. UNIFORM RULES OF COURT [Updated to 1 December 2020] RULES regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the several provincial and local divisions of the High COURT of South Africa GoN R48, G. 999 ( 15 January 1965), GoN R235, G. 1375 ( 18 February 1966), GoN R2004, G. 1915 ( 15 December 1967), GoN R3553, G. 2543 ( 1 November 1969), GoN R2021, G. 3304 ( 15 November 1971), GoN R1985, G. 3695 ( 1 December 1972), GoN R480, G. 3826 ( 1 April 1973), GoN R639, G.

2 4646 ( 4 April 1975), GoN R1816, G. 5309 ( 8 October 1976), GoN R1975, G. 5324 ( 29 October 1976), GoN R2477, G. 5361 ( 17 December 1976), GoN R2365, G. 5804 ( 18 November 1977), GoN R1546, G. 6120 ( 28 July 1978), GoN R1577, G. 6594 ( 20 July 1979), GoN R1535, G. 7140 ( 25 July 1980), GoN R2527, G. 7318 ( 5 December 1980), GoN R500, G. 8088 ( 12 March 1982), GoN R773, G. 8169 ( 23 April 1982), GoN R775, G. 8169 ( 23 April 1982), GoN R1873, G. 8367 ( 3 September 1982), GoN R2170, G. 8405 ( 6 October 1982), GoN R645, G.

3 8617 ( 25 March 1983), GoN R645, G. 8617 (corrected by GoN R841, G. 8667 ( 22 April 1983)), GoN R1077, G. 8719 ( 20 May 1983), GoN R1996, G. 9413 ( 7 September 1984), GoN R2094, G. 9928 ( 13 September 1985), GoN R810, G. 10212 ( 2 May 1986), GoN R2164, G. 10958 ( 2 October 1987), GoN R2642, G. 11045 ( 31 December 1987), GoN R1421, G. 11422 ( 15 August 1988), GoN R210, G. 11694 ( 10 March 1989), GoN R608, G. 11792 ( 1 July 1989), GoN R2628, G. 12205 ( 2 January 1990), GoN R185, G. 12276 ( 2 March 1990), GoN R1929, G.

4 12614 ( 10 September 1990), GoN R1262, G. 13283 ( 1 July 1991), GoN R2410, G. 13558 ( 1 November 1991), GoN R2845, G. 13653 ( 1 January 1992), GoN R406, G. 13759 ( 9 March 1992), GoN R1883, G. 14110 ( 3 August 1992), GoN R109, G. 14541 ( 22 February 1993), GoN R960, G. 14844 ( 28 June 1994 and 1 July 1994), GoN R974, G. 14851 ( 1 July 1993), GoN R1356, G. 15021 ( 1 September 1993), GoN R1843, G. 15147 ( 1 November 1993: Provided that the provisions of rule 4 shall apply only to the Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division of the Supreme COURT of South Africa from 1 December 1993 until 30 November 1995), GoN R2365, G.

5 15322 ( 10 January 1994), GoN R2529, G. 15393 ( 31 January 1994), GoN R181, G. 15464 ( 1 March 1994), GoN R411, G. 15538 ( 11 April 1994), GoN R873, G. 17209 ( 1 July 1996), GoN R1063, G. 17279 ( 29 July 1996), GoN R1557, G. 17444 ( 21 October 1996), GoN R1746, G. 17527 ( 25 November 1996), GoN R2047, G. 17663 ( 13 January 1997), GoN R417, G. 17853 ( 14 April 1997), GoN R491, G. 17882 ( 29 April 1997), GoN R700, G. 18001 ( 17 June 1997), GoN R798, G. 18055 ( 14 July 1997), GoN R1352, G.

6 18365 ( 1 December 1997), GoN R785, G. 18956 ( 6 July 1998), GoN R881, G. 19009 ( 27 July 1998), GoN R1024, G. 19136 ( 7 September 1998), GoN R1723, G. 19662 ( 1 February 1999), GoN R568, G. 20036 ( 31 May 1999), GoN R1084, G. 20443 ( 11 October 1999), GoN R1299, G. 20594 ( 30 November 1999), GoN R502, G. 21204 ( 19 June 2000), GoN R849, G. 21499 ( 25 September 2000), GoN R373, G. 22265 ( 1 June 2001), GoN R1088, G. 22796 ( 26 November 2001), GoN R1755, G. 25795 ( 5 January 2004), GoN R229, G.

7 26070 ( 22 March 2004), GoN R1343, G. 31690 ( 12 January 2009), GoN R1345, G. 31690 ( 12 January 2009), GoN R516, G. 32208 ( 15 June 2009), GoN R518, G. 32208 ( 15 June 2009), GoN R86, G. 32941 ( 12 March 2010), GoN R87, G. 32941 ( 12 March 2010), GoN R88, G. 32941 ( 12 March 2010), GoN R89, G. 32941 ( 12 March 2010), GoN R90, G. 32941 ( 12 March 2010), GoN R500, G. 33273 ( 16 July 2010), GoN R591, G. 33355 ( 13 August 2010), GoN R980, G. 33689 ( 24 December 2010), GoN R981, G. 33689 ( 24 December 2010), GoN R464, G.

8 35450 ( 27 July 2012), GoN 992, G. 35932 ( 11 January 2013), GoN R114, G. 36157 ( 22 March 2013), GoN R262, G. 36338 ( 17 May 2013), GoN R471, G. 36638 ( 16 August 2013), GoN R472, G. 36638 ( 16 August 2013), GoN R759, G. 36913 ( 15 November 2013), GoN R212, G. 37475 ( 2 May 2014), GoN R213, G. 37475 ( 2 May 2014), GoN R214, G. 37475 ( 2 May 2014), GoN R30, G. 38399 ( 24 February 2015), GoN R31, G. 38399 ( 24 February 2015), GoN R317, G. 38694 ( 22 May 2015), GoN R781, G. 39148 ( 2 October 2015), GoN R3, G.

9 39715 ( 22 March 2016), GoN R678, G. 40045 ( 4 July 2016), GoN R1055, G. 41142 ( 1 November 2017), GoN R1272, G. 41257 ( 22 December 2017), GoN R1318, G. 42064 ( 10 January 2019), GoN R61, G. 42186 ( 11 March 2019), GoN R842, G. 42497 ( 1 July 2019), GoN R1343, G. 42773 ( 22 November 2019), GoN R107, G. 43000 ( 9 March 2020), GoN R858, G. 43592 ( 11 September 2020), GoN R1157, G. 43856 ( 1 December 2020). The Chief Justice after consultation with the judges president of the several divisions of the Supreme COURT of South Africa has, in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 432 of the Supreme COURT Act, 1959 (Act 59 of 1959), with the approval of the State President made, with effect from the 15th January, 1965, the RULES contained in the Annexure regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the provincial and local divisions of the Supreme COURT of South Africa.

10 ANNEXURE ARRANGEMENT OF RULES Rule 1. Definitions 2. Sittings of the COURT and recess periods 3. Registrar s office hours 3A. Admission of advocates 4. Service 4A. Delivery of documents and notices 5. Edictal citation 6. Applications 7. Power of attorney 8. Provisional sentence 9.. 10. Joinder of parties and causes of action 10A. Joinder of provincial or national executive authorities and service on RULES Board for Courts of Law 11. Consolidation of actions 12. Intervention of persons as plaintiffs or defendants 13.