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R v Uzioigwe (Case No. 03 of 2024 (Being criminal case No. 05 of 2024)) [2024] MWHC 61 (20 November 2024)
Whether seized foreign currency should be forfeited where a businessperson hid funds and used a fake receipt, outweighing mitigating circumstances.
Exchange control — Regulation 36(1) discretionary forfeiture of foreign currency — judicial exercise of discretion — aggravating factors (large sum, concealment, forged receipt, business person) v. mitigating factors (first offender, plea, alleged hardship) — precedents: Kamanga; Zheng Yan; Henry Kopa; Ashraf Bdallal El Ali — requirement to hear accused in opposition to forfeiture.
 Judgment 20 November 2024
R v Mbawu (Being Criminal Case 374 of 2024 at Mchinji Magistrate's Court) [2024] MWHCCrim 8 (19 November 2024)
High Court set aside arbitrarily imposed fines for forestry offences, requiring means test and reducing custodial sentences.
Forestry offences — sentencing — fines and default imprisonment — mandatory means test — application of Fines (Conversions) Act — first offender principles — s340(1) Criminal Procedure and Evidence Code — supervisory confirmation review.
 Judgment 19 November 2024