Forms

Magistrate's Courts Rules

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• J784 - Form 1.Notice of Motion (Short Form).
• J785 - Form 1A. Notice of Motion (Long Form). Used for recission of default judgement, supported by affidavit.
• J786 - Form 2. Summons.
• J787 - Form 2A. Summons: Provisional Sentence.
• J788 - Form 2B. Combined Summons (J788 Afr)
  *For use in the District Court & Regional Court
  [Updated: 14 Oct 2022, GG 46839, RG 11483, GoN 2434, 2 Sep 2022]
• J941 - Form 2C. Combined Summons [Divorce Matters] (J941 Afr)
  * For use only in the Regional Court
  [Updated: 14 Oct 2022, GG 46839, RG 11483, GoN 2434, 2 Sep 2022]
• J789 - Form 3. Summons commencing action (in which is included an automatic rent interdict).
• J790 - Form 4. Edictal citation/substituted service: short form of process.
• J791 - Form 5. Request for default judgment.
• J792 - Form 5A. Request for default judgment where the defendant has admitted liability and undertook to pay the debt in instalments or otherwise – Section 57 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944).
• J793 - Form 5B Request for judgment where the defendant has consented to judgment – Section 58 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944).
• J794 - Form 6. Notice of withdrawal.
• J795 - Form 7. Notice of application for summary judgment.
• J796 - Form 8. Affidavit in support of application for summary judgment.
• J797 - Form 9. Affidavit under section 32 of the Act.
• J798 - Form 10. Security under section 32 of the Act.
• J799 - Form 11. Order under section 32 of the Act.
• J800 - Form 12. Consent to sale of goods attached under section 32 of the Act.
• J801 - Form 13. Discovery – form of affidavit.
• J802 - Form 14. Notice in terms of rule 23(5).
• J803 - Form 15. Discovery - notice to produce.
• J804 - Form 15A. Discovery – notice to inspect documents.
• J805 - Form 15B. Discovery – notice to produce documents in pleadings, etc.
• J806 - Form 16. Order for interdict obtained ex parte.
• J807 - Form 17. Order for arrest of person suspectus de fuga.
• J808 - Form 18. Order for attachment of property to found or confirm jurisdiction.
• J809 - Form 19. Direction to attend pre-trial conference.
• J900 - Form 20. Order - Pre-trial conference.
• J901 - Form 21. Application for trial with assessors.
• J902 - Form 22. Summons to assessor.
• J903 - Form 23. Commissions de bene esse.
• J904 - Form 24. Subpoena.
• J905 - Form 25. Warrant for payment of fine or arrest of witness in default.
• J906 - Form 26. Warrant for the arrest of a witness in default.
• J907 - Form 27. Security on arrest, attachment or interdict ex parte.
• J908 - Form 28. Security when execution is stayed pending appeal.
• J909 - Form 29. Security when execution is allowed pending appeal.
• J910 - Form 30. Warrant of ejectment.
• J911 - Form 31. Warrant for delivery of goods.
• J912 - Form 32. Warrant of execution against property.
• J913 - Form 33. Notice of attachment in execution.
• J914 - Form 34. Notice to preferent creditor [section 66(2) (a) of the Act].
• J915 - Form 35. Interpleader summons [section 69(1) of the Act].
• J916 - Form 36. Interpleader summons [section 69(2) of the Act].
• J917 - Form 37. Security under rule 38.
• J918 - Form 38. Emoluments attachment order.
• J919 - Form 39. Garnishee order.
• J920 - Form 40. Notice to appear in court in terms of section 65A(1) of the Act.
• J921 - Form 40A Warrant of arrest in terms of section 65A(6) of the Act.
• J922 - Form 40B Notice to appear in court in terms of section 65A(8) (b) of the Act.
• J923 - Form 41. Notice of set-down of postponed proceedings under section 65E(3) of the Act.
• J924 - Form 42. Notice in terms of rule 58(2)(a).
• J925 - Form 43. Notice to Third Party.
• J926 - Form 44. Application for an administration order under section 74(1) of the Act.
• J927 - Form 45. Statement of affairs of debtor in an application for an administration order in terms of section 65I(2) or 74A of the Act.
• J928 - Form 46. Certificate of service of foreign process.
• J929 - Form 47. Notice to debtor that an additional creditor has lodged a claim against him or her for a debt owing before the making of the administration order.
• J930 - Form 48. Notice to debtor that a creditor has lodged a claim for a debt owing after granting of the administration order.
• J931 - Form 49. Notice to add an additional creditor to the list of creditors of a person under administration.
• J932 - Form 50. Notice to creditor that his or her name has been added to the list of creditors of a person under administration.
• J933 - Form 51 Administration order. Section 74(1) of the Act.
• J934 - Form 52. Distribution account in terms of section 74J(5) of the Act.
• J935 - Form 52A Rescission of an administration order. Section 74Q of the Act.
• J936 - Form 53. Notice of abandonment of specified claim, exception or defence.
• J937 - Form 54. Agreement not to appeal.
• J938 - Form 55. Request to inspect record.
• J939 - Form 56. Criminal record book.
• J940 - Form 57. Notice in terms of section 309B(2)(d) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977).
  

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