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July 1998
Lanton, Edwards and Thewo v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 9 of 1998) [1998] ZMSC 5 (27 July 1998)
Importation of narcotic drugs is not cognisable and is bailable; Supreme Court cannot grant bail absent an appeal from conviction.
  • Criminal law — Bail — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act — Whether importation under Section 7 is cognisable and bailable — Distinction between importation (s.7) and trafficking (s.6) — Appellate court’s lack of power to grant bail absent appeal from conviction
27 July 1998