Office of the Premier: Northern Cape
9 March 1999

Portfolio Committee on Justice


SUPERIOR COURTS BILL

By direction of the Premier, we advise that we support this Bill, in particular Section 4(1)(e) thereof.

We also welcome the provisions contained in section 4(2) of the Bill, which would have the effect of implementing the recommendations of the Hoexter Commission, namely incorporating the Namaqualand and Calvinia Magisterial districts into the jurisdiction of the Northern Cape High Court.

S. A. MAJIEDT
CHIEF PROVINCIAL STATE LAW ADVISOR

cc: Premier
Mr. E. M. Dipico