(1) In enige aangeleentheid, insluitende enige appèl, waar daar 'n geskil is oor die grondwetlike geldigheid van enige uitvoerende of administratiewe handeling of optrede of dreigende uitvoerende of administratiewe handeling of optrede of in enige ondersoek na die grondwetlike geldigheid van enige wet, met inbegrip van 'n Wet van die Parlement of van 'n provinsiale wetgewer, en die uitvoerende gesag wat vir die uitvoerende of administratiewe handeling of optrede of die dreigende uitvoerende of administratiewe handeling of optrede of vir die administrasie van so 'n wet verantwoordelik is en wat nie 'n party by die aangeleentheid is nie, doen die party wat die grondwetlike geldigheid van sodanige handeling of optrede of wet aanveg, binne vyf dae nadat 'n dokument waarin sodanige bewerings vir die eerste keer in die verrigtinge voor die Hof gemaak is, by die Griffier ingedien is, stappe om die betrokke gesag as party by die verrigtinge te voeg.
(1) In any matter, including any appeal, where there is a dispute over the constitutionality of any executive or administrative act or conduct or threatened executive or administrative act or conduct, or in any inquiry into the constitutionality of any law, including any Act of Parliament or that of a provincial legislature, and the authority responsible for the executive or administrative act or conduct or the threatening thereof or for the administration of any such law is not cited as a party to the case, the party challenging the constitutionality of such act or conduct or law shall, within five days of lodging with the Registrar a document in which such contention is raised for the first time in the proceedings before the Court, take steps to join the authority concerned as a party to the proceedings.