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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:10:36Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:10:36Z
dc.date.created 2008-05-19 en
dc.identifier.citation [2008] ZACC 21
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (2) SA 310 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (1) SACR 231 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (5) BCLR 435 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3530
dc.title Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others en
dc.title.alternative CCT26/08 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT26/08 en
dc.date.hearing 28 August 2008
dc.contributor.judge Mokgoro J
dc.date.judgment 26 November 2008
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3530/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%2881.7%20Kb%29-13141.pdf?sequence=8&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for confirmation of an order of invalidity made by the Supreme Court of Appeal declaring sections 14(1)(b) and 14(3)(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957 unconstitutional. Those provisions made the age of consent for same-sex sexual relations 19 years, as opposed to 16 years for heterosexual relations. Since this legislation had been repealed in 2007, the case concerned only those persons who were convicted under the legislation then in force. The Court held that the sections constituted unfair discrimination, and lowered the age of consent for same-sex sexual relations to 16 years, in line with heterosexual relations.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application to the CC for confirmation of an order made by the SCA, declaring unconstitutional sections 14(1)(b) and 14(3)(b) of the erstwhile Sexual Offences Act 23 of 1957. The SCA judgment is S v Geldenhuys (470/2007) [2008] ZASCA 47 (31 March 2008).


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