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September 1981
Koekemoer v Gower (S.C.Z. Judgment 16 of 1981) [1981] ZMSC 13 (14 September 1981)
Registrar and deputy/district registrars cannot make arrest orders under the Debtors Act; liberty matters reserved to judges in open court.
  • Civil procedure — Jurisdiction of Registrar — Construction of "the Court" and "a Judge" under High Court Rules (O.25 rr.1-2) — Registrar, Deputy Registrar and District Registrar possess powers of a judge in chambers (O.3 r.3) but are expressly excluded from matters relating to the liberty of the subject — Debtors Act s.10 orders for arrest and imprisonment out of Registrar's jurisdiction
14 September 1981