Supreme Court · 19 February 1979

Mapowa v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 10 of 1979) [1979] ZMSC 7 (19 February 1979)

Section 217 cannot be used to bypass jurisdictional limits where statutory minimum sentences exceed a magistrate's powers. Flynote Criminal law & procedure — Jurisdiction — Section 217 Criminal Procedure Code — Committal for sentence — Statutory minimum sentences outside magistrate's powers — Only resident or senior resident magistrates may try such cases Read full summary

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