IND2601 FINAL EXAM PACK: Key
Questions on African Customary Law
,IND2601 FINAL EXAM PACK
QUESTION 1
One of the implications of section 211 on the recognition of traditional leaders
is that…
1) All persons have a right to their language and cultural choice.
2) The state has to allow the existence of institutions that would be necessary
to maintain people’s culture
3) The recognition and application of customary law is subject to the Bill of
Rights.
4) Legislation recognising systems of personal and family law under any
tradition should be allowed by the state.
Question 2
The role of magico-religious conceptions in African customary law
implies that…
A. there are supernatural powers at work in the universe that may be
used as a person for his or her own ends
B. after death a person continues to live in a spiritual world more or less
on the same way he or she did on earth
C. disregard of or deviation from rules of living may lead to punishment
by supernatural powers derived from sorceries
D. The Holy Spirit that is equivalent to ancestral powers that all human
beings are endowed with at death
Question 3
Which of the following courts are NOT recognized in terms of the
Constitution to apply African customary law in South Africa? a.
The Supreme Court.
b. Traditional leader’s Courts.
, c. Magistrate Courts.
d. Labour Courts.
Question 4
Which of the following is NOT true regarding African customary law
proceedings...
a. A defendant may not institute a counterclaim against the plaintiff.
b. Mendacity (lying) during a court proceeding is punishable.
c. Nobody is a judge in their own case.
d. Prescription of a debt is an unknown concept.
Question 5
Which of the following is NOT an example of indigenous law
determinations?
a. The permission or refusal to gather natural products from communal land.
b. The allocation or refusal of residential and agricultural land.
c. The permission or refusal of immigration or emigration.
d. The allocation of date to families for burial purposes.
Question 6
After the constitutional dispensation, which of the following statements
is true as a consequence of divorce for a woman?
a. The woman returns to the guardianship of her parents.
b. The status of the woman reverts back to being a minor.
c. The wife remains the financial responsibility of her ex-husband.
d. The woman continues to be a major if she is over the age of 18.
Question 7
Questions on African Customary Law
,IND2601 FINAL EXAM PACK
QUESTION 1
One of the implications of section 211 on the recognition of traditional leaders
is that…
1) All persons have a right to their language and cultural choice.
2) The state has to allow the existence of institutions that would be necessary
to maintain people’s culture
3) The recognition and application of customary law is subject to the Bill of
Rights.
4) Legislation recognising systems of personal and family law under any
tradition should be allowed by the state.
Question 2
The role of magico-religious conceptions in African customary law
implies that…
A. there are supernatural powers at work in the universe that may be
used as a person for his or her own ends
B. after death a person continues to live in a spiritual world more or less
on the same way he or she did on earth
C. disregard of or deviation from rules of living may lead to punishment
by supernatural powers derived from sorceries
D. The Holy Spirit that is equivalent to ancestral powers that all human
beings are endowed with at death
Question 3
Which of the following courts are NOT recognized in terms of the
Constitution to apply African customary law in South Africa? a.
The Supreme Court.
b. Traditional leader’s Courts.
, c. Magistrate Courts.
d. Labour Courts.
Question 4
Which of the following is NOT true regarding African customary law
proceedings...
a. A defendant may not institute a counterclaim against the plaintiff.
b. Mendacity (lying) during a court proceeding is punishable.
c. Nobody is a judge in their own case.
d. Prescription of a debt is an unknown concept.
Question 5
Which of the following is NOT an example of indigenous law
determinations?
a. The permission or refusal to gather natural products from communal land.
b. The allocation or refusal of residential and agricultural land.
c. The permission or refusal of immigration or emigration.
d. The allocation of date to families for burial purposes.
Question 6
After the constitutional dispensation, which of the following statements
is true as a consequence of divorce for a woman?
a. The woman returns to the guardianship of her parents.
b. The status of the woman reverts back to being a minor.
c. The wife remains the financial responsibility of her ex-husband.
d. The woman continues to be a major if she is over the age of 18.
Question 7
