Die doel van hierdie proefskrif was om bestaande prohleme in verband met maatskappyregtelike skikkings te ondersoek, in die lig daarvan dat die prosedure berug is as n wyse om misdadige bedrywighede rondom die ineenstorting van n maatskappy te verberg. Die ondersoek is hoofsaaklik beperk tot skikkings, hoewel skikkings en reelings deur dieselfde bepalings van die Wet gereguleer word. Die geskiedkundige ontwikkeling van artikels 311 en 312 is vanaf hul ontstaan in die Engelse wetgewing nagegaan. Die begrippe "skikking" en "reeling" is ontleed en die praktiese gebruike daarvan nagegaan. l Ons howe beskou n goedgekeurde maatskappyregtelike skikking as n kontrak; dit voldoen egter nie aan die vereistes vir n kontrakregtelike skikking nie. Die tersaaklike kontraktuele aspekte is derhalwe nagegaan. Aan die hand van regspraak en n aantal goedgekeurde skikkings, is die inhoud van n skikkingsaanbod ontleed. Die toepaslike prosedure en formaliteite is sorgvuldig nagegaan, in die lig daarvan dat die Wet eerder hierop klem 1~ as op die inhoud van die skikking. Besondere aandag is aan die grondslag vir indeling van skuldeisers en lede in verskillende klasse gegee. Statutere regulering van die skikkingprosedure eindig nadat die skikking van krag geword het. Die verdere verloop vind in ooreenstemming met die bepalings van die skikking plaas. Uitvoering hiervan word deur n sogenaamde ontvanger namens skuldeisers waargeneem, n amp wat nog nie statutere erkenning geniet nie, maar wat in die praktyk duidelik uitgekristalliseer het. Aan die hand van regspraak is sy amp verder nagegaan en is daar aanbeveel dat, net soos in Australie, sy amp statuter erken en gereel behoort te word. Daar is gelet op misbruik van die skikking- en reelingskemaprosedure, sowel as op die behoefte aan beter beskerming van skuldeisers en lede. Daar is aanbeveel dat waar n maatskappy in likwidasie of onder ,geregtelike bestuur is, skikkings uit die artikel 311-prosedure gelig behoort te word en in ooreenstemming met die akkoordprosedure by insolvensie gebring te word, met die verskil dat likwidasie of geregtelike bestuur onmiddellik by bekragtiging van n skikking opgehef kan word. Yoldoende tyd vir behoorlike ondersoek van n maatskappy se sake behoort toegelaat te word alvorens n skikking oorweeg kan word en meer omvattende inligting behoort aan skuldeisers en lede verskaf te word. Die howe behoort in die uitoefening van hul diskresie deur n deskundige bygestaan te word wat oor die ekonomiese aspekte van n skema verslag doen. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 1983. / gm2014 / Mercantile Law / Unrestricted

Sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amended Act 32 of 2007 regulate consensual sexual acts between children. Both these sections criminalised children engaging in consensual sexual acts. The constitutionality of sections 15 and 16 of the Act where tested before the Constitutional Court by the Teddy Bear Clinic and RAPCAM. The Constitutional Court held that both articles are unconstitutional and ruled that these articles violate children's right to human dignity, privacy and the best interest of the child. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate whether children’s best interests are protected by law when they are involved in consensual sexual conduct. In order to answer this question, the historical background of legislation that regulated consensual sexual acts between children is analysed. Legislation that gives and protects children’s right to self-determination is examined. International instruments are also analysed. The High Court and the Constitutional Court judgements relating to children involved in consensual sexual conducts are discussed. The negative consequences of both these articles are discussed. The best interest principle is discussed according to case law. Ultimately a conclusion is reached. / LLM (Comparative Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amended Act 32 of 2007 regulate consensual sexual acts between children. Both these sections criminalised children engaging in consensual sexual acts. The constitutionality of sections 15 and 16 of the Act where tested before the Constitutional Court by the Teddy Bear Clinic and RAPCAM. The Constitutional Court held that both articles are unconstitutional and ruled that these articles violate children's right to human dignity, privacy and the best interest of the child. The objective of this dissertation is to investigate whether children’s best interests are protected by law when they are involved in consensual sexual conduct. In order to answer this question, the historical background of legislation that regulated consensual sexual acts between children is analysed. Legislation that gives and protects children’s right to self-determination is examined. International instruments are also analysed. The High Court and the Constitutional Court judgements relating to children involved in consensual sexual conducts are discussed. The negative consequences of both these articles are discussed. The best interest principle is discussed according to case law. Ultimately a conclusion is reached. / LLM (Comparative Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014