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THE STATE v CHISIWA 1981 ZLR 666 (H)

1981 ZLR p666

Citation

1981 ZLR 666 (H)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

High Court, Salisbury

Judge

Beck, JP, and Squires, J

Heard

7th December, 1981

Judgment

17th December, 1981

Counsel

C S Grossman for the appellant, at the request of the court.
M J Gillespie for the respondent.

Case Type

Criminal Appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Criminal procedure — sentence — Firearms Act [Chapter 308] — section 5(2) — mandatory sentence unless there existed "special reasons in the case" — meaning of — bona fide and reasonable mistake of law — can amount to a special reason.

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