| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-08T16:58:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-08T16:58:05Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2004-10-04 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | [1998] ZACC 15 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 1999 (1) SA 6 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 998 (12) BCLR 1517 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2048 | |
| dc.title | National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others | en |
| dc.title.alternative | CCT11/98 | en |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT11/98 | en |
| dc.date.hearing | 27 August 1998 | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Ackermann J | |
| dc.date.judgment | 9 October 1998 | |
| dc.link.judgment | http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2048/Full%20judgment%20%28405%20Kb%29-2076.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | Sodomy laws. The right to equality, the right to human dignity and the right to privacy. Application for confirmation of order, made by the High Court, of constitutional invalidity of: section 20A of the Sexual Offences Act, 1957; the inclusion of sodomy as an item in Schedule 1 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977; the inclusion of sodomy as an item in Schedule to the Security Officers Act 92 of 1987. All orders confirmed as well as the order declaring the common law offence of sodomy unconstitutional in unanimous judgment written by Ackermann J. Separate concurring judgment by Sachs J. | |
| dc.concourt.casehistory | Application for confirmation of an order of constitutional invalidity of the High Court in National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Another v Minister of Justice and Others 1998 (6) BCLR 726 (W) ; 1998 (2) SACR 102 (W), order confirmed. |