Correcting minor errors in restraining orders
49A Correcting minor errors in restraining orders
Where a restraining order contains —
a clerical mistake; or
an error arising from an accidental slip or omission; or
a material mistake in the description of any person, thing or matter referred to in the order,
the registrar may correct the order, or the court, on an application by, or on behalf of, the person protected, or the person who is bound, by the order, may make an order correcting the restraining order.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the correction would adversely affect the interests of the person protected, or the person who is bound, by the order.
[Section 49A inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 34; amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 123.]
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