Chapter 8: Courts and Administration of Justice (a) to bring a matter directly to the Constitutional Court; or (b) to appeal directly to the Constitutional Court from any other court. (7) � A constitutional matter includes any issue involving the interpretation, protection or enforcement of the Constitution. Supreme Court of Appeal 168. (1) The Supreme Court of Appeal consists of a President, a Deputy President and the number of judges of appeal determined in terms of an Act of Parliament. [Sub-s. (1) substituted by s. 12 of the Constitution Sixth Amendment Act of 2001.] (2) � A matter before the Supreme Court of Appeal must be decided by the number of judges determined in terms of an Act of Parliament. [Sub-s. (2) substituted by s. 12 of the Constitution Sixth Amendment Act of 2001.] (3) � (a) The Supreme Court of Appeal may decide appeals in any matter arising from the High Court of South Africa or a court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa, except in respect of labour or competition matters to such an extent as may be determined by an Act of Parliament . (b) The Supreme Court of Appeal may decide only (i) appeals; (ii) issues connected with appeals; and (iii) any other matter that may be referred to it in circumstances defined by an Act of Parliament. [Sub-s (3) substituted by s. 4 of the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Act of 2012.] � High Court of South Africa 169. (1) The High Court of South Africa may decide— (a) any constitutional matter except a matter that— (i) the Constitutional Court has agreed to hear directly in terms of section 167(6)(a); or (ii) is assigned by an Act of Parliament to another court of a status similar to the High Court of South Africa; and (b) any other matter not assigned to another court by an Act of Parliament. 87