| (1) |
The High Court of South Africa may decide— |
| (a) |
any constitutional matter except a matter that— |
| (i) |
the Constitutional Court has agreed to hear directly in terms of section 167(6)(a); or |
| (ii) |
is assigned by an Act of Parliament to another court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa; and |
| (b) |
any other matter not assigned to another court by an Act of Parliament. |
| (2) |
The High Court of South Africa consists of the Divisions determined by an Act of Parliament, which Act must provide for— |
| (a) |
the establishing of Divisions, with one or more seats in a Division; and |
| (b) |
the assigning of jurisdiction to a Division or a seat within a Division. |
| (3) |
Each Division of the High Court of South Africa— |
| (a) |
has a Judge President; |
| (b) |
may have one or more Deputy Judges President; and |
| (c) |
has the number of other judges determined in terms of national legislation. |
[Section 169 substituted by section 5 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]
Administration of Estates Act, 1965
