| (1) | The High Court of South Africa may decide— |
| (a) | any constitutional matter except a matter that— |
| (i) | the Constitutional Court has agreed to hear directly in terms of section 167(6)(a); or |
| (ii) | is assigned by an Act of Parliament to another court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa; and |
| (b) | any other matter not assigned to another court by an Act of Parliament. |
| (2) | The High Court of South Africa consists of the Divisions determined by an Act of Parliament, which Act must provide for— |
| (a) | the establishing of Divisions, with one or more seats in a Division; and |
| (b) | the assigning of jurisdiction to a Division or a seat within a Division. |
| (3) | Each Division of the High Court of South Africa— |
| (a) | has a Judge President; |
| (b) | may have one or more Deputy Judges President; and |
| (c) | has the number of other judges determined in terms of national legislation. |
[Section 169 substituted by section 5 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]
