(1) |
The Supreme Court of Appeal consists of a President, a Deputy President and the number of judges of appeal determined in terms of an Act of Parliament. |
(2) |
A matter before the Supreme Court of Appeal must be decided by the number of judges determined in terms of an Act of Parliament. |
(a) |
The Supreme Court of Appeal may decide appeals in any matter arising from the High Court of South Africa or a court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa, except in respect of labour or competition matters to such extent as may be determined by an Act of Parliament. |
(b) |
The Supreme Court of Appeal may decide only— |
(ii) |
issues connected with appeals; and |
(iii) |
any other matter that may be referred to it in circumstances defined by an Act of Parliament. |
[Section 168(3) substituted by section 4 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]