Judicial Matters Amendment Act

1. Section 2 of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963, is 5 hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1 ) The Minister of Justice (hereinafter referred to as the Minister) or any officer of the Department of Justice with the rank of director, or an equivalent or higher rank, delegated thereto in writing by the Minister may, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), appoint for any magisterial district so many justices of 10 the peace as [he] ~r may deem fit.”. Amendment of section 5 of Act 16 of 1963 . .

2. Section 5 of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act, 1963, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1 ) The Minister or any officer of the Department of Justice with the rank of 15 director, or an equivalent or higher rank, delegated thereto in writing by the Minister may appoint any person as a commissioner of oaths for any area fixed by the Minister or the delegated officer.”. Amendment of section 6 of Act 66 of 1965, as amended by section 2 of Act 86 of 1983

3. Section 6 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1965, is hereby amended by the 20 substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(l) The Minister or any officer of the Department of Justice with the rank of director, or an equivalent or higher rank, delegated thereto in writing by the Minister may from time to time appoint for any mea Spcified by [himl @ 4 No. 19975 Act No. 26, 1999 J~TDIcIAL MA~ERs AMENDMENT ACT. 1999 GOVERNMENT GAZE~E, 28 APRIL 199Y Minister or the delegated officer such and so many persons as [he] the Minister or the delegated officer thinks fit, to be appraisers for the valuation of property for the purposes of this Act, and may at any time revoke any appointments so made.”. Amendment of section 9 of Act 61 of 1984, as amended by section 5 of Act 92 of 1986, section 1 of Act 63 of 1989 and section 4 of Act 18 of 1996 5

4. Section 9 of the Small Claims Courts Act, 1984, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph: “(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister or any officerof the Department of Justice with the rank of director, or an equivalent or higher rank, delegated thereto in writing by the Minister may appoint one or more commission- 10 ers for any court.”. Short title

5. This Act shall be called the Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 1999.