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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:01:28Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:01:28Z
dc.date.created 2004-11-08 en
dc.identifier.citation [2002] ZACC 1
dc.identifier.citation 2003 (3) SA 345 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2003 (4) BCLR 357 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2157
dc.title Phillips and Another v Director of Public Prosecutions Witwatersrand Local Division and Others en
dc.title.alternative CCT20-02 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT20/02 en
dc.date.hearing 29 August 2002
dc.contributor.judge Yacoob J Majority judgment
dc.contributor.judge Madala J dissenting judgment
dc.contributor.judge Ngcobo J separate judgment
dc.contributor.judge Sachs J separate judgment
dc.date.judgment 11 March 2003
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2157/Full%20judgment%20%28315%20Kb%29-AUTO.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Majority judgment by Yacoob J (with separate concurrences by Ngcobo J and Sachs J). Dissent by Madala J. Section 160(d) of the Liquor Act 21 of 1989 makes it an offence for the holder of an on-consumption licence to allow any person: (i) to perform an offensive, indecent or obscene act; or (ii) who is not clothed or not properly clothed, to perform or to appear, on a part of the licensed premises where entertainment of any nature is presented or to which the public has access. Though the State has a valid interest in reducing the negative consequences of liquor consumption, that interest cannot justify a sweeping curtailment of expression at all types of licensed premises, particularly not at licensed theatres, because these venues are crucial to the free exchange of ideas protected by the Constitution. Therefore the Court found the section to be unconstitutional.
dc.concourt.casehistory Order of the High Court in Phillips v Director of Public Prosecutions 2002 (5) SA 556 (W) referred to Constitutional Court for confirmation in terms of s172(2).


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