When is the deadline for minimum notice before warrant of apprehension may issue for non-appearance?
The catalogue records a 4 days period from Personal service of the summons requiring attendance, or the giving of notice of the adjourned hearing (the hearing must occur not less than 4 days afterwards). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 4 days
- Trigger
- Personal service of the summons requiring attendance, or the giving of notice of the adjourned hearing (the hearing must occur not less than 4 days afterwards)
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- r 201.6(2): "The Court may, if it thinks fit, abridge the period of 4 days referred to in subrule (1)."
- The rule is expressed forward: the hearing at which the person fails to appear must occur 'not less than 4 days after' personal service of the summons, or the person must have been given 'not less than 4 days' notice' of the adjourned hearing. Corrected on verification: the researched entry described the trigger as 'counted backwards from the hearing', which inverts the statutory framing; the substance (4 clear days between the service or notice and the hearing) is unchanged. Note the alternative limb r 201.6(1)(b), which requires no notice period at all where the time for the adjourned hearing was fixed in the person's presence at a previous hearing. Source: Uniform Civil Rules 2020 (SA) r 201.6(1) and (2), consolidation current to 15 March 2026 published by the Courts Administration Authority.