CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
CASE NO CCT 20/95
Case, Patrick
Case, Inga
and
The Minister of Safety and Security
The Minister of Justice
The Attorney-General
CASE NO CCT 21/95
Curtis, Stephen Roy
and
The Minister of Safety and Security
The Minister of Justice
The Attorney-General
Heard on:
5 September 1995
Delivered on:
9 May 1996
JUDGMENT
[1]
MOKGORO J:
This case concerns the simultaneous adjudication of the matters of
Patrick and Inga Case (Case No. CCT 20/95), and Stephen Roy Curtis (Case No. CCT 21/95)
(hereinafter, when referred to collectively, the “Applicants”. ) All three were charged with the
contravention of section 2 of the Indecent or Obscene Photographic Matter Act, 37 of 1967, as
amended (hereinafter, the “Act” or the “1967 Act”), in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court.