Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Judicial system
- Jurisdiction
- South Africa
- Provision
- 166
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official sourceThe courts are—
(a) the Constitutional Court;
(b) the Supreme Court of Appeal;
(c) the High Court of South Africa, and any high court of appeal that may be
established by an Act of Parliament to hear appeals from any court of a status
similar to the High Court of South Africa;
(d) the Magistrates’ Courts; and
(e) any other court established or recognised in terms of an Act of Parliament,
including any court of a status similar to either the High Court of South Africa
or the Magistrates’ Courts.
[Sub-s (c) and (e) substituted by s. 2 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012.]
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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 · justice.gov.za · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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