S v Baloyi (Minister of Justice and Another Intervening)

dc.date.accessioned	2017-04-08T16:58:53Z
dc.date.available	2017-04-08T16:58:53Z
dc.date.created	2004-11-11	en
dc.identifier.citation	[1999] ZACC 19
dc.identifier.citation	2000 (1) BCLR 86 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation	2000 (2) SA 425 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2082
dc.title	S v Baloyi (Minister of Justice and Another Intervening)	en
dc.title.alternative	CCT29/99	en
dc.identifier.casenumber	CCT29/99	en
dc.date.hearing	9 November 1999
dc.contributor.judge	Sachs J
dc.date.judgment	3 December 1999
dc.link.judgment	https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/id/62552/CCT%2029-99%20The%20State%20vs.%20Godfrey%20Baloyi(1).pdf
dc.concourt.synopsis	Appropriate balance between the State's constitutional duty to provide effective remedies against domestic violence, and its simultaneous obligation to respect the constitutional rights to a fair trial of those who might be affected by the measures taken. Whether section 3(5) of the Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 of 1993 created an unconstitutional reverse onus. Sachs J for a unanimous Court.
dc.concourt.casehistory	The High Court declared s 3(5) of Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 of 1993 invalid. Referred declaration to Constitutional Court for confirmation, declaration not confirmed.

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Summary of Judgment-20580.pdf ( 582.8Kb )

Pre-hearing summary-2603.pdf ( 14.59Kb )

Respondent's Heads of Argument-2604.pdf ( 106.5Kb )

Table of Contents Respondent's Heads of Argument-2605.pdf ( 30.24Kb )

Amicus Curiae Heads of Argument-2629.pdf ( 134.4Kb )

CCT 29-99 The State vs. Godfrey Baloyi(1).pdf ( 326.6Kb )