Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal - 1993 March

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March 1993
R v Chihana (MSCA Criminal Appeal 9 of 1992) [1993] MWSC 1 (28 March 1993) Sedition convictions upheld on statutory construction; incitement to violence not universally required, but sentences reduced as excessive. Criminal law — Sedition — Interpretation of s.50(1) Penal Code — Definitions disjunctive — "Hatred, contempt, disaffection" ordinary meaning — Incitement to violence not necessary except possibly under s.50(1)(b); Constitutional law — Freedom of expression subject to reasonable restrictions; International instruments — UDHR part of domestic law, African Charter not enforceable absent incorporation; Sentence — appellate reduction for manifest excessiveness	28 March 1993

March 1993

Sedition convictions upheld on statutory construction; incitement to violence not universally required, but sentences reduced as excessive.

Criminal law — Sedition — Interpretation of s.50(1) Penal Code — Definitions disjunctive — "Hatred, contempt, disaffection" ordinary meaning — Incitement to violence not necessary except possibly under s.50(1)(b); Constitutional law — Freedom of expression subject to reasonable restrictions; International instruments — UDHR part of domestic law, African Charter not enforceable absent incorporation; Sentence — appellate reduction for manifest excessiveness

28 March 1993

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