Criminal law notes by mshana pdf

CRIMINAL LAW Criminal law or the law of crimes is the law which enacts prohibitions on certain conduct by an individual or which demands from an individual a particular conduct at the threat of fpunishment, it is not moral doesn’t contain morality.

Sources of Criminal Law 1 The Constitution The constitution provides for the rights and duties of its citizens.
The constitution of Tanzania for example provides for the presumption of innocence to the accused person.
The constitution is the basic source of criminal law. 2 Statutes Statutes consist of Acts of Parliament and Subsidiary legislation.

He repeated so to the s.v.
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According to the medical testimony, the attack was so violent that it suggested that the appellant couldn’t have been in right senses.
He was convicted of murder.

In the case of R. v.
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Father John Rwechungura (1979) H.C.D No.168, it was held that the act will s.v.
MSHANA 62 fCriminal law DSM Police Academy be said to be unlawful assault if it is done in an angry revengeful, rude, insolent or hostile manner, that is, the accused acted so with an evil mind.