RTIA Annual Report E-Book

There were no Court Hearings, Outcomes, Failure to Appear, Cases Postponed and Warrants recorded for this 2023-2024 financial year. The table below shows the change from 2022-2023 to 2023-2024 in number of court hearings. The information in the tables above shows that the total number of 50 court hearings that were captured on the NCR only in January of 2022 - 2023.

Change in Monthly Number of Court Hearings

Month

2022-2023

2023-2024

Change

% Change

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Total

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -50 0 0 -50

- - - - - - - - - -100% - - -100%

0 0 0

The change in the number of court hearings and outcomes from the previous year is shown in the table below.

Change in No. of Court Hearings. Outcomes, Failure to Appear, Cases Postponed and Warrants

Main Charge Guilty

Guilty Not Guilty Alternative charge

Court hearings

Failure to appear in court

Cases postponed

Remove from court roll

Warrant of Arrest Authorised

Month

Cases Pending

Other

Not Guilty

2022-2023 2023-2024 Change % change

50 0 -50 -100%

0

0

0

0

0 0 0 -

0 0 0 -

0

0

47

0

0

0

0

0

47 209

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3 579

0

-47

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-100%

-

The information in the table above shows that there were no court hearings and cases pending recorded in 2023-2024 and only in 2022- 2023 with 50 court hearings and 47 cases pending recorded. 4.4. Adjudication of Representations Adjudication of representations is done in terms of Section 18 of the AARTO Act, 1998 (Act. No 46 of 1998). In terms of this section any infringer may, if reasonable grounds are present, submit a representation to the RTIA in which evidence is presented that indicates that such infringer must not be held liable for the contravention as charged. A duly appointed representations officer

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Road Traffic Infringement Agency • Annual Report 2023/24