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…Count 2: Being in possession of a firearm contrary to S. 4(1) of the Firearms Act as read with Firearms (Amendment) Act No. 8 of 1988.…

…Shitsama argued that the recent amendment to section 20 of the Act had brought a significant change in the law and that under the law as it now stands only the petition has to be served upon the respondent and not the notice…

…Before its amendment, section 20 (1) of the Act read as follows:- (I) A petition - (a) to question the validity of an election, shall be presented within twenty-eight days after the date of publication of the result of the…

…To this submission the State Counsel pointed to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act No 5 of 2003 section 193A dealing with “concurrent criminal and civil proceedings” which states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of any other…

…Regarding Criminal Law Amendment section 193A there is here no case for stay or delaying criminal proceedings. It is clear that the lower court criminal case was closed. No plea was taken.…

…As the amendment to the defence raising the Barraclough v Brown issue was raised by the Court at a very later stage, I award the defendants 1/3 of his costs.…

…He therefore asserted that on 30th June, 2020 when the said witness testified and disclosed the place where the offence took place, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had a duty to make an amendment to the charge.…

…Masila submitted that under Section 214 of the (CPC), amendment of a charge can be made at any time before the closure of the prosecution case.…