Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)

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dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T06:12:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-24T06:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe general rule in South Africa is that, when an offence is committed, the suspect has to be prosecuted by a public prosecutor. However, there is an exception whereby a victim of crime is permitted to institute a private prosecution if the prosecutor has declined to prosecute. South African law allows natural, but not juristic, persons to institute private prosecutions. In the case examined in this note, the appellant argued that the law prohibiting juristic persons from instituting private prosecutions is discriminatory. The Supreme Court of Appeal held that private prosecutions are only permitted on grounds of direct infringement of human dignity. This note argues that section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Act is unconstitutional for excluding juristic persons from instituting private prosecutions and recommends steps the appellant could take to institute private prosecutions against those who mistreat animals.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J. D. (2017). Protecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA). Journal of African Law, 1-16en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-8553
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2875
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021855317000146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021855317000146
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPrivate prosecutionsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectProtection of animalsen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectHuman dignityen_US
dc.subjectJuristic personen_US
dc.titleProtecting animals from mistreatment through private prosecutions in South Africa: A comment on National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development 2016 1 SACR 308 (SCA)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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