| Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions | |
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| Court | Constitutional Court of South Africa |
| Full case name | Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others |
| Decided | 26 November 2008 |
| Citations | [2008] ZACC 21, 2009 (2) SA 310 (CC), 2009 (1) SACR 231 (CC), 2009 (5) BCLR 435 (CC) |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Supreme Court of Appeal (S v Geldenhuys [2008] ZASCA 47) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Langa CJ, Moseneke DCJ, Madala, Mokgoro, Ngcobo, O'Regan, Sachs, Van der Westhuizen & Yacoob JJ |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Justice Mokgoro |
Geldenhuys v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa which struck down as unconstitutional a law which set the age of consent at 19 for homosexual sex but only 16 for heterosexual sex.[1]
- ^ "Consent judgment welcomed". News24. Sapa. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2011.