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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:07:01Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:07:01Z
dc.date.created 2006-08-29 en
dc.identifier.citation [2007] ZACC 9
dc.identifier.citation 2007 (5) SA 30 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2007 (8) BCLR 827 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3059
dc.title Masiya v Director of Public Prosecutions Pretoria and Another (CALS; Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre Amici Curiae) en
dc.title.alternative CCT54/06 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT54/06 en
dc.contributor.judge Nkabinde J Majority judgment
dc.date.judgment 10 May 2007
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3059/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%28332%20Kb%29-11066.pdf?sequence=20&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis This was an application for confirmation proceedings and an appeal against the whole judgement and order of the Pretoria High Court. The common law definition of rape was challenged to the extent that it excluded anal penetration. S. 261 of the Criminal Procedure Act was declared to be invalid and unconstitutional. The section was extended to include acts of non-consensual penetration of a penis into the anus of a female. Majority: Nkabinde J (Moseneke DCJ, Kondile AJ, Madala J, Mokgoro J, O'Regan J, Van der Westhuizen J, van Heerden AJ and Yacoob J concurring) Dissent: Langa CJ (Sachs J concurring)
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against the judgment and order of Ranchod AJ delivered on 25th July 2006 in the Pretoria High Court, Case No. CC628/2005.


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