Search official South African law, quote the exact section and check case citations.
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Full text of one document section from the GetLawED library — use it to read and quote the exact provision found by legal_library_search (give the doc_id and the section reference it returned). For judgments, returns the judgment text (or the part matching "section", e.g. a paragraph number or phrase), capped at 12 000 characters.
doc_id from legal_library_search
Section reference as returned (e.g. "Section 34: Structures") or a section number like "34"; optional for judgments
Full text of one document section from the GetLawED library — use it to read and quote the exact provision found by legal_library_search (give the doc_id and the section reference it returned). For judgments, returns the judgment text (or the part matching "section", e.g. a paragraph number or phrase), capped at 12 000 characters.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| doc_id* | number | doc_id from legal_library_search |
| section | string | Section reference as returned (e.g. "Section 34: Structures") or a section number like "34"; optional for judgments |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"doc_id"
],
"properties": {
"doc_id": {
"type": "number",
"description": "doc_id from legal_library_search"
},
"section": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Section reference as returned (e.g. \"Section 34: Structures\") or a section number like \"34\"; optional for judgments"
}
}
}Search GetLawED's library of official South African legal texts (Constitutional Court, SCA, High Court, Labour, Land, Tax and tribunal judgments; Acts; regulations, rules and codes issued under them; municipal by-laws and land use schemes; Bills; Government Gazettes). Returns matching documents with the best-matching section reference where the text is split into sections, a short passage and the official source link. Absence from the library does not mean an authority does not exist.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | number | Maximum results, 1-10 (default 5) |
| query* | string | What to look for, in plain language (e.g. "business rescue post-commencement tax debt") |
| doc_type | string | Limit to one kind of document: regulation = regulations, rules and codes; bylaw = municipal by-laws and land use schemes (default: judgment, act and regulation) |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Maximum results, 1-10 (default 5)"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What to look for, in plain language (e.g. \"business rescue post-commencement tax debt\")"
},
"doc_type": {
"enum": [
"judgment",
"act",
"regulation",
"bylaw",
"notice",
"bill",
"any"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Limit to one kind of document: regulation = regulations, rules and codes; bylaw = municipal by-laws and land use schemes (default: judgment, act and regulation)"
}
}
}Check the South African case citations and Acts in a piece of text against GetLawED's library of official copies and verified records. Each item comes back as found, mismatch (the citation belongs to a different case), name_only, not_found, repealed or unchecked. "not_found"/"unchecked" means "check the law reports", not "fake".
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text* | string | The text containing citations (max 20 000 characters) |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"text"
],
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The text containing citations (max 20 000 characters)"
}
}
}