Legislation

Rules and Practice Directions

RULES FOR COURTS

• Rules regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the Children's Court, GG 54219, RG 11949, GoN 7179, 27 February 2026
• Rules regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the Labour Court, GG 50608, GN 4775, 3 May 2024 (Source: SAFLII)
• Rules regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the Labour Appeal Court of South Africa, GG 50608, GN 4775, 3 May 2024 (Source: SAFLII)
• Rules Regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the Magistrates' Courts of South Africa, GG 33487, GNR740, 23 August 2010
• Rules regulating matters in respect of Small Claims Courts, GG 13178, GN R851, 19 April 1991
• Rules of the Supreme Court of Appeal, GG 19507, GNR 1523, 27 November 1998 (Source: SAFLII)
• Uniform Rules: Rules regulating the conduct of the proceedings of the Provincial and Local Divisions of the High Court of South Africa, GG 999, GNR48, 12 Jan 1965 (Source: SAFLII)
  
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RULES RELATING TO ACTS

• Attorneys Act: Attorneys profession: Rules, GG 39740, GeN 2, 26 Feb 2016
• Judicial Service Commission Act: Code of Judicial Conduct [GG 35802, RG 9841, GoN 865, 18 October 2012]
• Judicial Service Commission Act: Rules: Procedures before Judicial Conduct Tribunals [gG 35802, RG 9841, GoN 864, 18 October 2012]
• Legal Practice Act: Legal Practice Council: Legal practitioners fidelity fund board elections: Nominations invited - Comment by18 Sep 2020, GG 43619, GeN 439, 17 Aug 2020
• Legal Practice Act Rules in terms of section 6 of Contingency Fee Act and proposed amendments to Rule 4: Comments invited, GG 42739, GeN 525, 4 Oct 2019

PRACTICE DIRECTIONS/DIRECTIVES

• Regional Civil Court Practice Directives, 2017, 4th Revision [261kb]
• Regional Criminal Court Practice Directives, 2017, 5th Revision [175kb]

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