Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959) 3. Constitution of divisions |
| (1) | The appellate division shall consist of the Chief Justice of South Africa and so many judges of appeal as the State President may from time to time determine. |
| (2) | A provincial division shall consist of a judge president and, if the State President so determines, one or more deputy judges president, each with specified headquarters within the area of jurisdiction of that division, and so many judges as the State President may from time to time determine. |
| (3) | [Deleted by s. 2 of Act 15 of 1969.] |
| (4) | Any court of the Durban and Coast or the Witwatersrand or the South-Eastern Cape local division shall be presided over by a judge of the provincial division which in terms of section 6(2) has concurrent jurisdiction in the area of the local division concerned. |
| (5) | A judge of a provincial or local division may upon the request of the Minister act as a judge of any other such division in the place of any judge of that division or in addition to the judges of that division. |