| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-03T06:07:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-03T06:07:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-04-03 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | [2024] ZACC 6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/38363 | |
| dc.title | Electoral Commission of South Africa v Umkhonto Wesizwe Political Party | en_US |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT 97/24 | |
| dc.date.hearing | 10 May 2024 (Friday) | |
| dc.contributor.judge | On appeal from the Electoral Court | |
| dc.date.judgment | 20 May 2024 | |
| dc.link.judgment | https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/id/63563/CCT%2097-24%20Electoral%20Commission%20of%20SA%20v%20Umkhonto%20Wesizwe%20Political%20party%20....pdf | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | [Recusal] — [double requirement of reasonableness] — [narrow and defined legal issue] — [no reasonable apprehension of bias] [Section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution] — [eligibility to stand for the National Assembly] — [convicted and sentenced to more than 12 months’ imprisonment] — [interpretation] — [section 47(1)(e) apply when no right of appeal] — [remission not affect sentence under section 47(1)(e)] — [applies to civil contempt convictions] [Electoral Act 73 of 1998] — [section 30(1)(a)] — [Electoral Commission’s powers] — [empowered to determine qualification for membership of the National Assembly] [Reasonable apprehension of bias] — [Electoral Commission] — [indirect reference-by-implication cannot result in a reasonable apprehension of bias] | |
| dc.concourt.casehistory | On appeal from the Electoral Court |