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The Constitution Sixth Amendment Act (formerly the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Amendment Act, 2001) came into force on 21 November 2001. Its main effect was to give the title of " Chief Justice of South Africa " to the presiding judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa , who had previously been titled "President of the ...
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, No. 108 of 1996 is the piece of legislation against which each prior piece of legislation must be judged and if necessary be amended, and it is backdrop which has coloured each subsequent piece of legislation promulgated.
The Constitution was originally numbered as "Act No. 108 of 1996". ... Republic of South Africa, 1996". The act also dealt similarly with the eleven (at the time ...
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 [4] Public Protector Act 23 of 1994 [5] Executive Members Ethics Act 82 of 1998 [6] Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) [7] Electoral Commission Act 51 of 1996 [8] Special Investigation Units and Special Tribunals Act 74 of 1996 [9]
South Africa is generally considered to have had five constitutional documents since the Union was established in 1910, including the current one. The constitutions in chronological order are: South Africa Act 1909; Constitution of South Africa, 1961 (also known as the "Republican Constitution")
Having regard to item 17 of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996, it is in the interests of justice that in respect of constitutional issues under the interim Constitution which may in future come before it, the SCA, as the successor of the Appellate Division, should exercise the jurisdiction conferred ...
One of the first decisions by the Constitutional Court was the 1995 case of S v Makwanyane, in which the court addressed the constitutionality of the death penalty.The principal judgment, by President of the Court Arthur Chaskalson, found the death penalty to be unconstitutional not because it violated the right to life, but because it violated the prohibition of cruel, inhuman and degrading ...
Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to make further provision in relation to the oath sworn or affirmation made by an Acting President; to extend the cut-off date in respect of the granting of amnesty; and to provide for matters connected therewith.