Prinsloo v Van der Linde and Another
| dc.concourt.casehistory | Referral to the Constitutional Court by the High Court regarding the constitutionality of section 84 of Act 122 of 1984 | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | Constitutionality of s 84 of the Forest Act which presumes negligence in certain circumstances challenged. Referral from a civil trial in Transvaal Provincial Division. Applicant argued that right to be presumed innocent (s 25(3)(c)) and equality right (s 8) infringed. Court held s 84 was not inconsistent with the interim Constitution. Development of approach to s 8(1). Majority judgment by Ackermann, O'Regan and Sachs JJ. Separate judgment by Didcott J. | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Ackermann J Majority judgment | |
| dc.contributor.judge | O'Regan Majority judgment | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Sachs J Majority judgment | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Didcott J separate judgment | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-08T16:56:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-08T16:56:47Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2004-10-04 | en |
| dc.date.hearing | 7 November 1996 | |
| dc.date.judgment | 18 April 1997 | |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT4/96 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | [1997] ZACC 5 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 1997 (6) BCLR 759 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 1997 (3) SA 1012 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/2018 | |
| dc.link.judgment | http://collections.concourt.org.za/handle/20.500.12144/2018?show=full | |
| dc.title | Prinsloo v Van der Linde and Another | en |
| dc.title.alternative | CCT4/96 | en |