Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 2004
Rules for High Court regulation proceedings contemplated in chapters 5 and 6 of Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 2004
Government Notice 79 of 2009
- Published in Government Gazette 4254 on 5 May 2009
- Commenced on 5 May 2009
- [This is the version of this document from 5 May 2009 and includes any amendments published up to 23 August 2024.]
1. Definitions
In these rules, unless the context otherwise indicates, a word or expression defined in the Act has the same meaning, and—“Rules of the High Court” means the Rules of the High Court of Namibia published under Government Notice No. 59 of 10 October 1990;“Rules of the Supreme Court” means the Rules of the Supreme Court of Namibia published under Government Notice No. 56 of 8 October 1990; and“the Act” means the Prevention of Organized Crime Act, 2004 (Act No. 29 of 2004).2. Procedure for proceedings contemplated in Chapters 5 and 6 of the Act
Except where the Act provides for the procedure for proceedings contemplated in Chapters 5 and 6 of the Act and unless otherwise stated in these rules or the regulations made under section 100 of the Act—3. Service of process and other documents
4. Applications
Despite the provisions of the Rules of the High Court relating to the manner and procedure for applications, the public prosecutor contemplated in section 32(1) of the Act, may, before sentencing, make an oral application for the purposes of that section.5. Condonation
Subject to the Act, the court, on application made and on good cause shown, may condone any non-compliance with these rules.6. Commissioners of court
A reference to the Republic of South Africa in rule 65(2) of the Rules of the High Court in relation to commissioners of court is construed as a reference to any foreign country.7. Destruction of documents
The reference to the Archives Act, 1987 (Act No. 4 of 1987), in rule 64 of the Rules of the High Court is the reference to the Archives Act, 1992 (Act No. 12 of 1992).History of this document
05 May 2009 this version
Commenced
Cited documents 4
Act 4
| 1. | High Court Act, 1990 | 1110 citations |
| 2. | Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 2004 | 344 citations |
| 3. | Supreme Court Act, 1990 | 142 citations |
| 4. | Archives Act, 1992 | 25 citations |