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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:01:29Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:01:29Z
dc.date.created 2003-11-17 en
dc.identifier.citation [2003] ZACC 22
dc.identifier.citation 2003 (1) SA 203 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2160
dc.title Mercer and Another, Ex Parte en
dc.title.alternative CCT31/02 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT31/02 en
dc.contributor.judge The Court
dc.date.judgment 28 October 2002
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/2160/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%2028%20October%202002.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis The applicants had been convicted in the Magistrate's Court of harbouring certain wild animals without a permit in contravention of the Nature and Environmental Conservation Ordinance 19 of 1974. They applied directly to the Constitutional Court without waiting for the outcome of the appeal in the High Court. Judgment of the Court: Held, that, although the matter raised a number of constitutional issues, it would be premature for the Constitutional Court to hear the matter before the High Court had dealt with it.
dc.concourt.casehistory Applicants convicted in Kuruman Magistrates' Court; applicants launched proceedings in Northern Cape High Court and matter postponed. Applicants now apply directly to Constitutional Court, without waiting the outcome of the appeal in the Northern Cape High Court. See also S v Mercer and Another 2003 (6) BCLR 616 (NC) and S v Mercer 2004 (2) SA 598 (CC); 2004 (2) BCLR 109 (CC).


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