Senwedi v S (CCT 225/20) [2021] ZACC 12 (21 May 2021)

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Senwedi v S (CCT 225/20) [2021] ZACC 12 (21 May 2021)

Citation: Senwedi v S (CCT 225/20) [2021] ZACC 12 (21 May 2021)
Media Neutral Citation: [2021] ZACC 12
Court: Constitutional Court of South Africa
Case number: CCT 225/20
Law report citations: 2021 (5) SA 447 (CC)

2021 (10) BCLR 1182 (CC)
Judges: Majiedt J, Mogoeng CJ, Jafta J, Khampepe J, Madlanga J, Mathopo AJ, Mhlantla J, Theron J, Tshiqi J, Victor AJ
Judgment date: 21 May 2021
Language: English
Type: Judgment
Media summary: Download PDF (95.3 KB)

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Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 — Section 276B — non-retrospectivity of non-parole periods in terms of section 276B — non-applicability of section 276B at the time of sentencing.

Section 12(1)(a) of the Constitution — substantive and procedural requirements — fatal misdirection where no opportunity to make representations on non-parole period

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3.	Bernstein and Others v Bester NO and Others [1996] ZACC 2 (27 March 1996)	47 citations
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Act 2

1.	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996	12670 citations
2.	Criminal Procedure Act, 1977	4105 citations

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