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Criminal Law [2024] ZAWCHC 59

S v B.L (54/2024)

S v B.L (54/2024) [2024] ZAWCHC 59; 2024 (1) SACR 537 (WCC) (26 February 2024)

Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
54/2024
Judges
Salie, Erasmus

On automatic review, the High Court set aside a conviction under a protection order, holding that an offensive word used about music was not abuse directed at the complainant.

  • Domestic Violence Act
  • Protection Order Contravention
  • Verbal Abuse
  • Interpretation Of Expletives
  • Domestic-violence
  • Protection-order-contravention
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