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Supreme Court Amendment Act, 1987 (No. 100 of 1987)
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ ] Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
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Act
- to amend the Supreme Court Act, 1959, so as to further regulate the consideration of an application for leave to appeal; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 14 October 1987.)
BE IT ENACTED by the State President and the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Amendment of section 21 of Act 59 of 1959, as amended by section 1 of Act 86 of 1977 and section 8 of Act 105 of 1982.
1. Section 21 of the Supreme Court Act, 1959, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of the following paragraph:
"(b) The petition shall be considered by [three] two judges of the appellate division designated by the Chlef Justice, and in the case of a difference of opinion, also by the Chief Justice or any other such judge so designated.".
Short title.
2. This Act shall be called the Supreme Court Amendment Act, 1987.
Commencement
23 October 1987
