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Criminal Law [2024] ZAGPPHC 1233

Rapoloti v S (A24/2023)

Rapoloti v S (A24/2023) [2024] ZAGPPHC 1233 (28 November 2024)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
A24/2023
Judges
Du Plessis, Mngqibisa-Thusi

The High Court reduced a sentence for contravening section 5A of the MPRDA from three years to six months, finding the trial court applied the wrong penalty provision.

  • Minerals And Petroleum Resources Development Act
  • Sentencing Misdirection
  • Statutory Interpretation
  • Prescribed Penalties
  • Sentencing-misdirection
  • Statutory-interpretation
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