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The courts of South Africa are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in South Africa. They apply the law of South Africa and are established under the Constitution of South Africa or under Acts of the Parliament of South Africa. Despite South Africa's division into nine provinces, the country has a single ...
The Constitutional Court of South Africa is the supreme constitutional court established by the Constitution of South Africa, and is the apex court in the South African judicial system, with general jurisdiction. The Court was first established by the Interim Constitution of 1993, and its first session began in February 1995.
Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa: 2. Sir John Wessels (1862–1936) 1920 – 1923 Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa 3. Sir Arthur Weir Mason (1860–1924) 1923 – 1924 Died in Office 4. John Stephen Curlewis (1863–1940) 1924 – 1927 Subsequently Chief Justice of South Africa 5. Daniël de Waal (1873–1938) 1927 – 1937 6.
The Judiciary Agency overview Formed 1909 Constitution - 1909 ; 115 years ago (1909) 1996 Constitution - 1996 ; 28 years ago (1996) Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Headquarters 188, 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand Agency executive Mandisa Maya, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Key documents Chapter 8 of the Constitution Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 Website judiciary ...
South Africa has a single national court system and the provinces do not have their own courts. The Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa, which has seats in Pretoria and Johannesburg, has jurisdiction over all cases arising in the province. However, most cases are first heard in one of the over 25 district magistrates' courts or ...
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court of South Africa is a superior court of law with general jurisdiction over the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The main seat of the court in Mbombela (Nelspruit) opened on 13 May 2019. [1] The court also has a local seat at Middelburg. [2]
The highest position in the judiciary of Malaysia is the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia (also known as the Chief Justice of Malaysia), followed by the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judge of Malaya, and the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak. The superior courts are the High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Federal ...
The Superior Courts Act, 2013 (Act No. 10 of 2013) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that restructured the court system. It reorganised the various High Courts into a single High Court of South Africa , with a division situated in each province , including two new divisions to serve Limpopo and Mpumalanga .