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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.created 2004-10-04 en
dc.identifier.citation [1999] ZACC 17
dc.identifier.citation 2000 (2) SA 1 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2000 (1) BCLR 39 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2072
dc.title National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others en
dc.title.alternative CCT10/99 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT10/99 en
dc.date.hearing 17 August 1999
dc.contributor.judge Ackermann J
dc.date.judgment 2 December 1999
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2072/Full%20judgment%20%28294%20Kb%29-1962.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Constitutionality of section 25(5) of the Aliens Control Act 96 of 1991 which facilitates the immigration into South Africa of the spouses of permanent South African residents but not to afford the same benefits to gays and lesbians in permanent same-sex life partnerships with permanent South African residents. Whether Court could read in words into the offending provision to give it the desired effect. Ackermann J for a unanimous Court.
dc.concourt.casehistory Appeal against part of an order and an application for confirmation of part of a declaration of invalidity by the High Court in National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and Others v Minister of Home Affairs and Others 1993 (3) SA 173 (C) ; 1999(3) BCLR 280 (C), appeal upheld and constitutional invalidity confirmed.


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