Section 5:
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. A single Judge of the Court shall have power and jurisdiction—
(a) to hear and determine any application to the Court for leave to
appeal in any case where under any provision of law an appeal
lies as of right from a decision of the Court;
(b) generally in respect of any appeal pending before the Judicial
Committee, to make such order and to give such other directions
as he shall consider the interests of justice or circumstances of
the case require:
Provided that any order, directions or decisions made or given in pursuance of this section may be varied, discharged or reversed by the Court
when consisting of 3 Judges which may include the Judge who made or
gave the order, directions or decisions.
[S. 5 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]