S v MAKOSI & ANOR 1997 (2) ZLR 308 (H)
Citation | 1997 (2) ZLR 308 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-138-97 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Chinhengo J |
Heard | 10 September 1997 |
Judgment | 10 September 1997 |
Counsel | Details not supplied |
Case Type | Criminal review |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal law — statutory offences — Concealment of Birth Act [Chapter 9:04] — s 2 — endevouring to conceal birth of child — can only be committed by mother of the child — person assisting mother to conceal birth must be charged as a socius criminis — mother burying a five-month dead fetus — such a fetus not a child in terms of the Act
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