Judgment No. CCZ 4/18 27 Case No. CCZ 3/18 applicants a right which does not arise from the Constitution. The only benefit to this Court, of these laws, might lie in their persuasive effect in the interpretation of any similar or related law that may be passed by our Legislature to regulate the right of those based abroad to vote. In the result, I find that the international treaty cited by the applicants, not having been appropriately incorporated into our domestic legislation, has no binding effect in the determination of the dispute in this matter. I find too that the international electoral laws which the applicants have made reference to offer little if any assistance in the interpretation of the constitutional provisions, as currently phrased, that pertain to our national elections. DISPOSITION When all is considered, and on the basis of the foregoing, I find that the application cannot succeed. It is accordingly ordered as follows: ‘The application be and is hereby dismissed with no order as to costs.’ GARWE JCC: I agree GOWORA JCC: I agree HLATSHWAYO JCC: I agree PATEL JCC: I agree

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