Skip to document content Skip to main menu Skip to search

High Court of Zambia - 1981 September

1 judgment
Advanced search
Skip past Court registries
Skip past years
Skip past months
Filters
Skip to results
1 judgment
September 1981
Attorney-General v Shamwana and Others (HP 1103 of 1981) [1981] ZMHC 11 (5 September 1981)
Whether a subordinate court must immediately commit accused on a DPP summary-committal certificate and may still hear complaints.
  • Civil procedure — mandamus and prohibition — High Court’s discretionary power over subordinate courts; Criminal procedure — treason — DPP’s summary-committal certificate under ss. 254–255 Criminal Procedure Code; Subordinate courts may record accused’s complaints notwithstanding certificate; Indictment must disclose an offence; Procedural flexibility where strict rules would produce injustice
5 September 1981