Lilongwe District Criminal Registry - 2022

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June 2022
Mbele v S (Criminal Case No. 43 of 2022 (before the Senior Resident Magistrate's Court sitting at Lilongwe); MISC Criminal Case 4 of 2022) [2022] MWHC 250 (20 June 2022) High Court referred whether criminal libel law violates freedom of expression to the Chief Justice, staying trial pending certification. Constitutional law — Freedom of expression — Criminal libel; limitation test under section 44 and compatibility with ICCPR art.19 and ACHPR art.9(2) Constitutional procedure — Certification and referral — Power of subordinate courts and applicability of CPR; High Court's inherent jurisdiction to refer constitutional questions arising in criminal proceedings Civil procedure — Scope of CPR (O.19) — Inapplicability to criminal proceedings; procedural lacuna and regulation of panel procedure by the High Court	20 June 2022

June 2022

High Court referred whether criminal libel law violates freedom of expression to the Chief Justice, staying trial pending certification.

Constitutional law — Freedom of expression — Criminal libel; limitation test under section 44 and compatibility with ICCPR art.19 and ACHPR art.9(2)
Constitutional procedure — Certification and referral — Power of subordinate courts and applicability of CPR; High Court's inherent jurisdiction to refer constitutional questions arising in criminal proceedings
Civil procedure — Scope of CPR (O.19) — Inapplicability to criminal proceedings; procedural lacuna and regulation of panel procedure by the High Court

20 June 2022

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