Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996)

Chapter 8 : Courts and Administration of Justice

170. Other courts

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All courts other than those referred to in section 167, 168 and 169 may decide any matter determined by an Act of Parliament, but a court of a status lower than the High Court of South Africa may not enquire into or rule on the constitutionality of any legislation or any conduct of the President.

 

[Section 170 substituted by section 6 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act, 2012 (Act No. 72 of 2013)]