Synopsis:
Application for extension of period of interim validity granted by this Court to s 309(4) of the Criminal Procedure Act in S v Ntuli (CCT 17/95). Application brought under Rule 17 five days before expiry of period. Application considered to be a new substantive one which Court, as presently constituted, was competent to deal with. Court held application procedurally not in compliance with rules of Court; notice of motion defective; no good cause shown by Minister for extension of period. Court declined to vary order retrospectively or prospectively. Application dismissed in unanimous judgment written by Chaskalson P.
