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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T16:56:19Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T16:56:19Z
dc.date.created 2004-12-01 en
dc.identifier.citation [1996] ZACC 18
dc.identifier.citation 1996 (11) BCLR 1446 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 1997 (2) SA 368 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2004
dc.title Scagell and Others v Attorney-General Western Cape and Others en
dc.title.alternative CCT42/95 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT42/95 en
dc.date.hearing
dc.contributor.judge O’Regan J
dc.date.judgment 12 September 1996
dc.link.judgment https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2004/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%2012%20September%201996.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Constitutionality of sections 6(3), 6(4), 6(5), 6(6) and 6(7) of the Gambling Act 51 of 1965 challenged. Referral of s6(7) not within s103(3) and (4). Section 6(4), which imposes a legal burden on the accused, held to be in breach of s25(3) (presumption of innocence) and invalid. Section 6(3), which imposes an evidentiary burden on the accused, held to be in breach of right to a fair trial and invalid. Sections 6(5) and (6) not unconstitutional. Maj: O'Regan J (unanimous).
dc.concourt.casehistory Adjudication of a referral to the Constitutional Court by the High Court regarding the constitutionality of certain sections of Act 51 of 1965, some of the referred sections declared unconstitutional.


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