/ 23 July 2024

Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act

The Supreme Court of Appeal has heard that any accused should know that the court in which he was asked to plead has scope in terms of sentencing.
Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act

The applicants asked for the definition of consent in the Act to be declared unconstitutional

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