Section 21: Taxation by Chief Clerk

21. Taxation by Chief Clerk (1) The Chief Justice may, in the case of the absence of the Master and Registrar, make an order directing and authorising the Chief Clerk of the Registry to tax costs during the absence of the Master and Registrar. (2) The Chief Clerk of the Registry shall have, during the absence of the Master and Registrar, the same power of taxing costs as is vested in the Master and Registrar by this Act, and any taxation of costs by the Chief Clerk shall be deemed a taxation by the Master and Registrar. [S. 21 amended by Act 29 of 1992.]