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January 1981
EDWARD JACK SHAMWANA v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL (1980/HP/1656) [1981] ZMHC 20 (14 January 1981)
Article 15(3) does not apply to Regulation 33 preventive detentions; executive discretion to detain may supersede prosecution.
  • Constitutional law — Detention without trial — Preservation of public security — Regulation 33 — Meaning of "detained" in Articles 15 and 27 — Detaining authority's discretion to detain rather than prosecute — Article 15(3) inapplicable to Regulation 33 detentions (Kapwepwe; Sharma).
14 January 1981