Prinsloo v Van der Linde and Another

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T16:56:47Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T16:56:47Z
dc.date.created	2004-10-04	en
dc.identifier.citation	[1997] ZACC 5
dc.identifier.citation	1997 (6) BCLR 759 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	1997 (3) SA 1012 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2018
dc.title	Prinsloo v Van der Linde and Another	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT4/96	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT4/96	en
dc.date.hearing	7 November 1996
dc.contributor.judge	Ackermann J Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge	O'Regan Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge	Sachs J Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge	Didcott J separate judgment
dc.date.judgment	18 April 1997
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/handle/20.500.12144/2018?show=full
dc.concourt.synopsis	Constitutionality of s 84 of the Forest Act which presumes negligence in certain circumstances challenged. Referral from a civil trial in Transvaal Provincial Division. Applicant argued that right to be presumed innocent (s 25(3)(c)) and equality right (s 8) infringed. Court held s 84 was not inconsistent with the interim Constitution. Development of approach to s 8(1). Majority judgment by Ackermann, O'Regan and Sachs JJ. Separate judgment by Didcott J.
dc.concourt.casehistory	Referral to the Constitutional Court by the High Court regarding the constitutionality of section 84 of Act 122 of 1984

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