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IOS2601
Interpretation of Statutes
ASSIGNMENT 1 MEMO
SEMESTER 2 - 2023
UNIQUE NO.: - 718599
DUE DATE: - 18 August 2023 (Extended)
Includes Footnotes and/or Bibliography
Question
The Jaga v Dönges 1950 (4) SA 653 (A), which was delivered at the height of apartheid, remains important for the interpretation of statutes
after the democratic transformation. Kindly read the case and answer the following questions.
(a) BRIEFLY PROVIDE facts of the Jaga case. (6)
(b) NAME AND DISCUSS the dominant interpretive approach before 1994 as followed by the majority in Jaga; (14)
(c) NAME and DISCUSS the alternative interpretive approach as followed by the minority in Jaga; (15)
(d) DISCUSS the effect of Section 39(2) of the Constitution and the new interpretive approach followed in Bato Star Fishing (Pty) Ltd v
Minister of Environmental Affairs 2004 (4) SA 490 (CC); (15)
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B
IOS2601
Interpretation of Statutes
ASSIGNMENT 1 MEMO
SEMESTER 2 - 2023
UNIQUE NO.: - 718599
DUE DATE: - 18 August 2023 (Extended)
Includes Footnotes and/or Bibliography
Question
The Jaga v Dönges 1950 (4) SA 653 (A), which was delivered at the height of apartheid, remains important for the interpretation of statutes
after the democratic transformation. Kindly read the case and answer the following questions.
(a) BRIEFLY PROVIDE facts of the Jaga case. (6)
(b) NAME AND DISCUSS the dominant interpretive approach before 1994 as followed by the majority in Jaga; (14)
(c) NAME and DISCUSS the alternative interpretive approach as followed by the minority in Jaga; (15)
(d) DISCUSS the effect of Section 39(2) of the Constitution and the new interpretive approach followed in Bato Star Fishing (Pty) Ltd v
Minister of Environmental Affairs 2004 (4) SA 490 (CC); (15)
Answer continues…
Disclaimer
Extreme care has been used by our Tutors to draft this document, however the contents are provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, expres
or implied. This document is to be used for comparison, research and reference purposes ONLY. No part of this document may be reproduced, resold o
transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Author. – LLB EXAMPACKS & TUTORIALS.
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