CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Criminal Procedure (Corporal Punishment) Regulations

Corporal Punishment (Designation of Places for Administering) Order

Designation of Forensic and Allied Services (Pty) Ltd Order

Designation of Officers Entitled to Accept Admissions of Guilt Order

Tariff of Allowances (Witnesses in Criminal Cases) Regulations

Powers to Prosecute (Delegation) Order

TARIFF OF ALLOWANCES (WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL CASES) REGULATIONS

(section 209(3))

(18th March, 1994)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

    REGULATION

    1.    Citation

    2.    Definition

    3.    Subsistence allowance

    4.    Transport allowance

    4A.    Overnight accommodation allowance

    4B.    Refund to witnesses

    5.    Witness in same place on same day

    6.    Inspection in loco

    7.    Additional allowance

    8.    Accused not entitled to allowance

    9.    Non-application of tariff

    10.    Decision of Registrar to be final

S.I. 30, 1994,
S.I. 70, 1999,
S.I. 83, 2006.

1.    Citation

    These Regulations may be cited as the Tariff of Allowances (Witnesses in Criminal Cases) Regulations.

2.    Definition

    In these Regulations, "the Registrar" means the Registrar of the High Court.

3.    Subsistence allowance

    (1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, witnesses in criminal cases shall be paid out of public moneys for their attendance on subpoena or warning, in the courts, an allowance towards subsistence (in these Regulations called "subsistence allowance") at the following rates for each day or part of a day, in addition to their expenses of conveyance, that is to say—

    (a)    persons giving expert evidence, P365 (the allowance includes all necessary preparatory or qualifying work);

    (b)    duly qualified members of any profession and such other persons whose standing, in the opinion of the Registrar, is comparable, P300;

    (c)    skilled workers, clerks, businessmen and such other persons whose standing in the opinion of the Registrar, is comparable, P150;

    (d)    semi-skilled workers and such other persons whose standing, in the opinion of the Registrar, is comparable, P110;