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S v CHIWISA 1990 (2) ZLR 42 (H)

1990 (2) ZLR p42

Citation

1990 (2) ZLR 42 (H)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Sandura JP & Adam J

Heard

4 July 1990

Judgment

4 July 1990

Counsel

E Chatikobo for appellant
Mrs J A Zindi for respondent

Case Type

Criminal appeal

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Criminal procedure (sentenced) — s 323 Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59] — period of imprisonment alternative to a mandatory fine — must not be excessive in relation to gravity of offence.

Parks and Wild Life Act, 1975 — ss 115(1)(a) and 115(4a) — whether maximum period of imprisonment prescribed by s 115(1)(a) is maximum permissible where a lesser period of imprisonment than the minimum prescribed by s 115(4a) is to be imposed.

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