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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:00:51Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:00:51Z
dc.date.created 2003-12-04 en
dc.identifier.citation [2001] ZACC 20
dc.identifier.citation 2001 (4) SA 485 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2001 (7) BCLR 645 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2135
dc.title Booysen and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Another en
dc.title.alternative CCT8/01 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT8/01 en
dc.date.hearing 22 May 2001
dc.contributor.judge Sachs J
dc.date.judgment 4 June 2001
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/handle/20.500.12144/2135?show=full
dc.concourt.synopsis Unconstitutionality of sections 26(2)(a) and 26(3)(b) of the Aliens Control Act 96 of 1991 dealing with applications for work permits by foreign spouses of South African citizens or permanent residents confirmed. The sections, which required such applicants to apply for work permits from outside the country and disallowed the granting of work permits where the applicant intended to engage an occupation for which there were already a "sufficient" number of persons in SA were found per Sachs J to make unacceptable inroads on family life and, as such, infringe the right to dignity. The order was conditionally suspended for 12 months.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application to Constitutional Court to confirm the declarations of constitutional invalidility in the Cape High Court judgment: Makinana and Others v The Minister of Home Affairs and Another; Keelty and Another v The Minister of Home Affairs and Another 2001 (6) BCLR 581 (C). Constitutional Court confirmed order in a slightly amended form.


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