Supreme Court · 19 February 1979

Mwape v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 8 of 1979) [1979] ZMSC 9 (19 February 1979)

If an accused appears to be a juvenile the court must make due inquiry; obvious adults may be determined by ocular observation. Flynote Criminal procedure — Juvenile offenders — s.118(1) Juveniles Act — adequacy of ocular observation to determine age — duty to make due inquiry when accused appears juvenile — effect on appealability and invalidation of orders Read full summary

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