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The High Court is described as a superior court having full jurisdiction by virtue of section 2 (1) of the Judicature and Application of Laws Act, chapter 358 RE:2002. It has now developed forming a different structure to the former, where it has the ordinary court, and the two special divisions that is Commercial Division and Labour Division.
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Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or incarcerated, and results in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant. Criminal procedure can be ...
The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1958 (No 9) The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1963 (No 92) The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1965 (No 96) The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1968 (No 9) The Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (No 51) The Criminal Procedure Matters Amendment Act, 1978; The Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 1979
In Part 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2010, the expression "offence against the administration of justice" is defined by section 7 of that Act, as amended by section 27 of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018.
The court invalidated section 49(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, which provided that the killing of certain fugitive suspects constituted justifiable homicide. Writing on behalf of a unanimous court, Justice Johann Kriegler held that the Bill of Rights required that force should be used in arrests only where such force is reasonable and ...
Nel v Le Roux NO and Others is a 1996 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in the area of criminal procedure.The Constitutional Court dismissed a constitutional challenge to section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977, which allowed judicial officers to compel witnesses to provide evidence in pre-trial examinations.
invalidate as unconstitutional the common-law offences of sodomy and commission of an unnatural sexual act, and section 20A of the Sexual Offences Act (the "men at a party" offence). invalidate any conviction for any of the three offences for acts committed after 27 April 1994 (the date that the Interim Constitution came into force) if the case ...