Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 1998 (Act No. 121 of 1998)

Chapter 8 : General Provisions

76. Jurisdiction of courts

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(1)A regional court shall have penal jurisdiction to impose any penalty mentioned in section 8 or 71(3)b), even though that penalty may exceed the penal jurisdiction of that court.

[Section 76(1) amended by section 40 of Act No. 24 of 1999]

 

(2)A magistrate's court shall have penal jurisdiction to impose any penalty mentioned in section 10, even though that penalty may exceed the penal jurisdiction of that court.

 

(3)A magistrates' court or regional court shall have jurisdiction to make any order referred to in section 18(1), even though the amount payable under that order may exceed the civil jurisdiction of a magistrate's court or regional court.