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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is the agency of the South African Government responsible for state prosecutions. Under Section 179 of the South African Constitution and the National Prosecuting Authority Act of 1998, which established the NPA in 1998, the NPA has the power to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the state and to carry out any necessary functions incidental to ...
The Court ranks equivalently or at par the Supreme Court of Zambia. The judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of Zambia is final and non-appealable to the Supreme Court. Subject to Article 28, this Court does not hear bill of rights because the 2016 Referendum failed to gainer sufficient votes to amend the Bill of Rights.
Persons who committed fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment in a registration application may be denaturalised. [18] Persons who were Zambian and previously lost their nationality may apply for repatriation by a process known as Citizenship for Bestowal, which requires detailed biographical information and about their loss of nationality.
In 2005 he was appointed to head up the National Prosecuting Authority as the National Director of Public Prosecutions.. On 24 September 2007 President Thabo Mbeki suspended Pikoli in terms of Section 12(6)(a) of the National Prosecution Act 32 of 1998, citing an "irretrievable break down in the working relationship between the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and the NDPP."
Individuals in Australia can obtain a national criminal history to check themselves, and certain organisations can apply for one on their behalf. A person may be required to undergo a criminal record check for a variety of reasons, including employment screening, volunteer work, preparing for a court appearance, visa applications, firearms licensing, or to satisfy a statutory requirement.
Southern African Litigation Centre and Another v National Director of Public Prosecutions and Others was decided in the North Gauteng High Court on 8 May 2012. It concerned South Africa's obligations under international law and, in particular, under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act .
The case comprised two conjoined applications against the National Director of Public Prosecutions, the director of the Scorpions, and other officials of the National Prosecuting Authority. The first application was brought by Thint, the South African subsidiary of arms company Thales, and the second was brought by former Deputy President Jacob ...
The Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) is the organisation within the Ministry of Defence, responsible for consideration of cases referred to it by the Service Police and where appropriate the Military Chain of command and where necessary the directing and prosecuting of those cases at Courts Martial worldwide and in the Service Civilian Court ...