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May 2022
Muluzi v Attorney General (Constitutional Appeal Case 25 of 2018) [2022] MWSC 17 (17 May 2022)
Whether corruption reverse‑onus provisions unlawfully shift legal burden and infringe the applicant's presumption of innocence.
  • Constitutional law — Corrupt Practices Act s.32(2)(b),(c) — reverse onus — distinction between legal (persuasive) and evidential burdens — presumption of innocence and right to silence (s.42(2)(f)(iii)) — limitation and proportionality under s.44 — statutory interpretation in context of anti‑corruption objectives.
17 May 2022