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Constitution of South Africa · s 59(1)(a)
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Defence Amendment Bill

NCOP Security and Justice

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Excludes military judges and senior military judges, along with their rulings, from executive-led boards of inquiry to protect the independence of military courts in line with a Constitutional Court ruling.

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01/ 05, Defence Amendment Bill

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