Crw 1501 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

QUESTION ONE No, the charge does not meet the requirements of the principle of legality as not behaving properly in public is not clear. Crimes have to be defined in clear and precise language. Crimes cannot be defined vaguely. There must also be a penalty attached to the crime. QUESTION TWO The act must be a human act; in other words, the perpetrator of the act must be a human being. In ancient societies and during the Middle Ages, animals and even inanimate objects, such as beams that...

CRW1501 EXAM PACK Unit 1 - Intro Distinguish between a crime and a delict.(5) Crime Delict 1 Directed against public interests. Directed against private interests. 2 Form part of public law. Form part of private law. 3 State prosecutes. Private party institutes action. 4 Result in the imposition of punishment by the state. Result in the guilty party being ordered to pay damages to the injured party. 5 State prosecutes perpetrator irrespective of the desires of private individual. I...

QUESTION ONE No, the charge does not meet the requirements of the principle of legality because the law prohibiting smoking in bars came into effect on the 1st February 2020 and Y smoked in the bar on the 31st December 2019. The conduct of the accused person must have been recognized as a crime at the time of its commission. This rule is referred to as the “prohibition on retrospectivity” and is confirmed as part of South African law by virtue of its inclusion in the South Afric...

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