Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal - 1993

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March 1993
Court upheld sedition convictions, held only one statutory head may involve violence, and reduced manifestly excessive sentences.
Criminal law – Sedition – Interpretation of s.50(1) Penal Code – Definitions disjunctive; "hatred, contempt, disaffection" do not require incitement to violence; UDHR part of domestic law; African Charter not enforceable without incorporation; appellate reduction of manifestly excessive sentence.
28 March 1993