S v NYABEZA & ANOR 2011 (1) ZLR 53 (H)
Citation | 2011 (1) ZLR 53 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HB-1-11 |
Court | High Court, Bulawayo |
Judge | Cheda J |
Heard | 1 November 2010 |
Judgment | 13 January 2011 |
Counsel | B Dube, for the appellants |
Case Type | Criminal appeal |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Criminal law (statutory offences) – Children's Act [Chapter 5:06] – s 7(1) – ill-treatment of children – forcing children whose parents had not paid fees to stand during lessons – failure to pay school fees – pupils barred from school premises and forced to do manual work because of the failure of parents to pay school fees – such constituting ill-treatment
Education – school fees – failure by parents to pay school fees – pupils barred from school premises and forced to do manual work – children being forced to stand in class – such constituting ill-treatment and an offence under s 7(1) of Children's Act [Chapter 5:06]
Family law – child – ill-treatment of – school teachers – forcing children whose parents had not paid fees to stand during lessons – such constituting ill-treatment and an offence under s 7(1) of Children's Act [Chapter 5:06] – lack of means as a defence – irrelevance of
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