Magajane v Chairperson, North West Gambling Board
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Magajane v Chairperson, North West Gambling Board and Others is an important case in South African criminal procedure, decided by the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 8 June 2006. The court found that provisions of the North West Gambling Act, 2001 were unconstitutional insofar as they permitted warrantless inspections of private premises for the purposes of obtaining evidence for prosecuting illegal gambling. In a unanimous judgment written by Justice Johann van der Westhuizen, the court held that the relevant provisions imposed an unjustifiable limitation on the constitutional right to privacy.
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Magajane v Chairperson, North West Gambling Board | |
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Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
Full case name | Magajane v Chairperson, North West Gambling Board and Others |
Decided | 8 June 2006 |
Docket nos. | CCT 49/05 |
Citation(s) | [2006] ZACC 8; 2006 (10) BCLR 1133 (CC) ; 2006 (5) SA 250 ; 2006 (2) SACR 447 |
Case history | |
Appealed from | Isak Metsing Magajane v the Chairperson of the North West Gambling Board and Others (1008/04, 12 December 2004, unreported) in the High Court of South Africa, Bophuthatswana Provincial Division |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Langa CJ, Moseneke DCJ, Madala J, Mokgoro J, Ngcobo J, Nkabinde J, O'Regan J, Sachs J, Skweyiya J, van der Westhuizen J and Yacoob J |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Van der Westhuizen J (unanimous) |
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