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Article 166 of the Constitution of South Africa

Article
166
Chapter
CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES
Index row title
The courts are—
Source document
The South Africa Constitution
Provision ID
40ad8120-e258-48ee-85e9-379bbad32671

112 words

Verbatim text

(a) the Constitutional Court; (b) the Supreme Court of Appeal; (c) the High Court of South Africa, and any high court of appeal that may be established by an Act of Parliament to hear appeals from any court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa; (d) the Magistrates’ Courts; and (e) any other court established or recognised in terms of an Act of Parliament, including any court of a status similar to either the High Court of South Africa or the Magistrates’ Courts. [Sub-s (c) and (e) substituted by s. 2 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012.] Chapter 8: Courts and Administration of Justice Constitutional Court

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 166 of the Constitution of South Africa.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 6 — PROVINCES”.
  • The passage runs to about 112 words.

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