S v MBEWE & ORS 1988 (1) ZLR 7 (H)
Citation | 1988 (1) ZLR 7 (H) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Ebrahim J |
Heard | 27 January 1988 |
Judgment | 27 January 1988 |
Counsel | Details not supplied |
Case Type | Criminal review |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal procedure — charge — statutory offence created by enactment which has been amended — charge should refer to principal enactment rather than to amending enactment — statute providing for mandatory sentence unless special circumstances exist — effect of failure by trial court to record such circumstances.
Statutes — Parks and Wild Life Act 1975 — s 115(4a)(b) — mandatory minimum sentence for possessing or trading in ivory or rhinoceros horn -"special circumstances" justifying imposition of a lesser penalty — what are.
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