Institutional credit contracts must be concluded and signed by all parties involved. In many cases, these credit contracts must also be submitted and approved to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Some information about credit contracts concluded before the law came into force must also be provided. This registry is available to anyone who requests it in the prescribed form. It will also provide a way to monitor South Africa`s debt, as the NCR is required to do. While the financial institution usually prepares the first draft agreement, it is the subject of negotiations. A potential borrower should have a clear overview of what they want from the credit facility. Read on to learn more about different types of credit agreement facilities and general provisions. In most cases, the borrower has the right to terminate a credit contract within 14 days of signing, without justification. Or within a day of receiving a copy of the executed contract – or notification of the credit card limit – if this occurs after the 14-day period. This result is so unfair that borrowers are discriminated against very small borrowers (almost without exception from the poorest communities). The law itself stipulates that service charges must vary from the main debt, i.e.
they should be higher for large loans and lower for smaller loans. That is not the case. Regulations should be amended to set service charges at a percentage of the loan amount, subject to a minimum and cap (as is the case with the introductory tax). Service charges should be waived for small credit contracts and, if applicable, the maximum interest rate should be increased. If the service fee is not amended or abolished, it should be challenged in court. They must ensure that the proposed credit contract is properly explained to the borrower. This should relate to the fact that a lender who, when a debt has been signed, has incurred foreclosure charges can ask a court to charge the consumer with the foreclosure fee. The court will only take this injunction if the consumer has provided false information about his address or the location of the goods. A consumer can return goods subject to a credit contract to a credit provider at any time, whether the consumer is late or not. The lender must then sell the merchandise and use the product to settle the account.
With regard to the old Credit Contracts Act, this procedure applied only in cases of consumer delay. This new provision gives the consumer an extraordinary right to opt out of the agreement if he chooses to do so. Section 89 lists a number of credit contracts that are illegal, including these, but do not apply to large contracts such as mortgage bonds. When a consumer wants to pay a loan, they must first cancel the lender for a period of three months. When a mortgage is terminated, the consumer is responsible for cancelling bonds. In addition, settlement disputes can be referred directly to the appropriate ombudsman if it is a financial institution (such as a bank), a consumer court or an alternative dispute resolution mediator. [11] With the agreement of the parties, the order can be recorded in writing and a judicial or judicial decision can be made.