Renaming of High Courts Act

1. N o t w i t h s t a n d i ng the provisions of the S u p r e me C o u rt Act, 1959 (Act N o. 59 of 1959), or any other the rationalisation c o n t e m p l a t ed in item 16(6)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Constitution, the High C o u r ts seated in the places mentioned in the first column of the table hereunder, shall be k n o wn by the n a m es set out in the second c o l u mn of the said table: to an Act of Parliament giving effect law, but subject to Act No. 30, 2008 RENAMING OF HIGH COURTS ACT. 2008 S E AT OF H I GH C O U RT N A ME OF H I GH C O U RT T A B LE B h i s ho Bloemfontein C a pe Town Durban G r a h a m s t o wn J o h a n n e s b u rg Kimberley Mafikensi Mthatha Pietermaritzburg Port Elizabelh Pretoria T h o h o v a n d ou Eastern C a pe High Court, Bhisho Free State High Court. Bloemfontein Western C a pe High Court, C a pe Town K w a Z u l u - N a t al High Court, D u r b an Eastern C a pe High Court, G r a h a m s t o wn South G a u t e ng High Court. J o h a n n e s b u rg Northern C a pe High Court. K i m b e r l ey North West High Court, Mafikeng Eastern C a pe High Court, M t h a t ha K w a Z u l u - N a t al H i gh Court, Pietermaritzburg Eastern C a pe High C o u r t, Port Elizabeth North G a u t e ng H i gh Court. Pretoria L i m p o po H i gh C o u r t, T h o h o y a n d ou Short title a nd c o m m e n c e m e nt

2. This Act is called the R e n a m i ng of H i gh C o u r ts Act, 2 0 0 8. and c o m es into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.