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dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:10:55Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:10:55Z
dc.date.created 2008-11-12 en
dc.identifier.citation [2009] ZACC 19
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (11) BCLR 1148 (CC)
dc.identifier.citation 2009 (5) SA 572 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3566
dc.title Hassam v Jacobs NO and Others (Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa and Women's Legal Trust as Amici Curiae) en
dc.title.alternative CCT83/08 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT83/08 en
dc.date.hearing 19 February 2009
dc.contributor.judge Nkabinde J
dc.date.judgment 15 July 2009
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3566/Full%20judgment%20Official%20verison%20%28131%20Kb%29-13665.pdf?sequence=16&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for confirmation of an order of invalidity. The case concerns the proprietary consequences of a polygynous Muslim marriage within the context of intestate succession. The applicant, was a party to a polygynous Muslim marriage. Her husband died intestate. A party to such a marriage is not a "spouse" for purposes of the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987. The exclusion of women in the position of applicant from the protection of the Act unfairly discriminates against them on the listed grounds of religion, martial status and gender. This exclusion is not justifiable and section 1 of the Act was declared unconstitutional. To remedy the defect, the words :"or spouses" are to be read-in after each use of the word "spouse" in the Act.
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for confirmation of a declaration of constitutional invalidity of section 1(4)(f) of the Intestate Succession Act made by Western Cape High Court in: Hassam v Jacobs NO and Others [2008] 4 All SA 350 (C)


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