Imposing Time Limits on the Enforcement of Constitutional Rights in the Seychelles

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Many Commonwealth African constitutions provide for the making of rules imposing time limits on the enforcement of constitutional rights. A typical example is article 46(1) of the Constitution of the Seychelles which provides: “The Chief Justice may make rules for the purpose of this article with respect to the practice and procedure of the Constitutional Court … including rules with respect to the time within which an application or a reference may be made or brought”.