Magistrates’ Courts Act: Intention to create magisterial districts and establish district courts in the Eastern Cape Province as part of the rationalisation of magisterial districts

17th April 2018

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Adv. Tshililo Michael Masutha, (MP) intends, in terms of section 2(1)(a), (f), (h), (j), (k) and (1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944) read with section 6 of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 to: