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July 2022
People v Chanda and Ors (6 of 2022) [2022] ZMSUB 3 (7 July 2022)
Senior officers convicted of theft by public servant for placing Ministry funds into fixed deposits without authorization.
  • Criminal law — Theft by public servant — Movement of public funds into fixed deposits — Taking and conversion — Mens rea inferred from overt acts — Public Finance Act and statutory immunity not a defence.
7 July 2022
May 2022
Anti Corruption Commission v Lusambo (1 of 2022) [2022] ZMSUB 2 (19 May 2022)
Warrant of seizure set aside because supporting affidavit was not filed and the instrument lacked any directive, amounting to abuse of process.
  • Anti-Corruption Act — seizure warrants — supporting affidavit must be filed (Order 5 r.11 Subordinate Court Rules) — warrant must contain directive to seize — material defect under Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act s35 — restriction notice v. warrant — abuse of process.
19 May 2022
March 2022
People v Wang Shunxue Kinghar Company Zambia Ltd (1 of 2022) [2022] ZMSUB 1 (23 March 2022)
Benylin with Codeine not a scheduled narcotic under the Act; prosecution failed to make a case, accused acquitted.
  • Criminal law — Case/no-case — Interpretation of 'narcotic drug' under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act — Benylin with Codeine not in Second Schedule — Controlled medicines and correct charging instrument (Medicines and Allied Substances Act) — Insufficiency and contradictions in prosecutorial evidence — Restoration of seized property.
23 March 2022