Once the Constitutional Court has pronounced a final decision, who must prepare the certified copy, and to whom must it be sent?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file we read the record of the pronouncement, which fixes the event that starts the clerk's duty, the parties as listed in the decision, and any proof of service showing when and on whom a certified copy was sent.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the paragraph in its order: once the final decision is pronounced, the clerk must without delay draw up a certified copy of the decision and serve it on the parties, so the duty begins at pronouncement and the recipient class is the parties to the case.
Another reading notes that the provision names 'the parties' and 'without delay' without defining either, so the file has to show who was a party entitled to the copy and what the clerk did, and the paragraph does not itself say how service is carried out on a party who cannot be reached.
Your judgment
Where a representative rather than the party personally received the copy, what in the file would show that this person was a party for service under the provision?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the Constitutional Court Act is amended to define who counts as a party for service or to set a period for the clerk's action, or if Constitutional Court Rules or a court decision settle those points.