IN RE MUNHUMESO & ORS 1994 (1) ZLR 49 (SC)
Citation | 1994 (1) ZLR 49 (SC) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court of Zimbabwe |
Judge | Gubbay CJ, McNally JA, Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Muchechetere JA |
Heard | 28 June, 2 November 1993 |
Judgment | 13 January 1994 |
Counsel | M J Gillespie for the applicants |
Case Type | Application for an order declaring legislative provision to be unconstitutional |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Constitutional law — whether s 6 of Law and Order (Maintenance) Act [Chapter 65] is ultra vires ss 20 and 21 of the Constitution — principles for dealing with such a matter — effect of s 20(6) and s 21(4) of Constitution — whether restrictions imposed by provision on fundamental rights are reasonably justifiable in democratic society in the interests of public safety or public order
Constitutional law — s 11 of the Constitution — whether creates substantive rights or is merely a preamble to the Declaration of Rights provisions
Human rights — nature and scope of the rights of freedom of expression and of assembly and extent of derogations from those rights
Interpretation of statutes — construction of constitutional provisions protecting freedoms and of derogations from those rights — how legislation challenged as unconstitutional is to be construed
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