Chief Lesapo v North West Agricultural Bank and Another

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T16:58:51Z
dc.date.created	2004-10-18	en
dc.identifier.citation	[1999] ZACC 16
dc.identifier.citation	2000 (1) SA 409 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	1999 (12) BCLR 1420 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2075
dc.title	Chief Lesapo v North West Agricultural Bank and Another	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT23/99	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT23/99	en
dc.date.hearing	14 September 1999
dc.contributor.judge	Mokgoro J
dc.date.judgment	16 November 1999
dc.link.judgment	http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2075/Full%20judgment%20%28169%20Kb%29-1967.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis	Order of constitutional invalidity regarding section 38(2) of the North West Agricultural Bank Act 14 of 1981 confirmed by the Court for infringing the applicants right of access to court (section 34 of the Constitution) in that it permitted the Bank to seize the property of defaulting debtors with whom it has concluded loan agreements, and to sell such property to recover its debt, without recourse to a court of law. Mokgoro J for a unanimous Court.
dc.concourt.casehistory	Bophuthatswana High Court declared s 38(2) of Act 14 of 1981 invalid. Referred to Constitutional Court for confirmation.

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Full judgment (169 Kb)-1967.pdf ( 169.2Kb )

First Respondent's Heads of Argument-1968.pdf ( 100.6Kb )

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