Section 4: Jurisdiction
consolidated text (as at 2013). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. Jurisdiction
(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any application made
under any provision of the Convention.
(2) For the purposes of an application under subsection (1), the expression “the competent authority”, wherever it occurs in the Convention, shall
be construed as referring to the Court unless the context otherwise requires.
(3) An appeal shall lie as of right to the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council against any final decision of the Supreme Court under this Act.
[S. 4 amended by s. 43 (c) of Act 37 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 January 2009.]