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General Principles of Criminal Law (University of South Africa)




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b) The­test­for­criminal­incapacity­is­set­out­in­section­78(1)­of­the­
Criminal­Procedure­Act­51­of­1977.­Define­the­test­as­set­out­in­this­
provision­­­­(4)­
½ A­person­who­commits­an­act­or­makes­an­omission­which­
constitutes­an­offence­and­who­at­the­time­of­such­commission­
or­omission­suffers­from­a­mental­illness­or­mental­defect­
which­makes­him­or­her­incapable­
" of­appreciating­the­wrongfulness­of­his­or­her­act­or­omission;­
or­
" of­acting­in­accordance­with­an­appreciation­of­the­
wrongfulness­of­his­or­her­act­or­omission,­
½ shall­not­be­criminally­responsible­for­such­act­or­omission.­
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c) Fill­in­the­missing­words­or­phrases­next­to­the­corresponding­
question­in­your­answer­book­
i) If­X­knows­that­her­husband­assaults­their­three½year½old­
child­and­does­nothing­to­prevent­it,­she­may­be­convicted­
of&&&­on­the­basis­of­an­&&&&.­­(2)­
ii) The­defence­of­impossibility­may­only­be­raised­successfully­if­
it­was­impossible­to­comply­with­the­rule,­and­not­merely­
inconvenient&&&&..­­­(1)­
iii) If­X­knows­that­he­may­lose­consciousness­any­time­as­a­
result­of­an­illness­and,­while­driving­a­car,­loses­
consciousness­and­causes­an­accident,­he­may­be­found­guilty­
of­negligent­driving&&&.­This­type­of­liability­is­known­as­
&&&liability­
iv) If­X­contravenes­the­speed­limit­because­she­takes­a­person­
who­just­had­a­heart­attach­to­hospital,­she­may,­if­charged­
with­a­traffic­offence,­rely­on­the­defence­of&&&&.­(1)­

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Question­1­
(a)­The­retributive­theory­is­the­only­theory­of­punishment­which­insists­on­
there­being­a­direct­proportion­between­the­extent­of­the­harm­or­damage­
caused­and­the­extent­of­the­punishment.­

(b)­In­the­decision­of­Zinn­the­court­held­that,­in­determining­an­appropriate­
sentence,­the­court­must­take­into­account­only­the­interests­of­the­society.­

(c)­The­efficacy­of­the­theory­of­general­deterrence­depends­only­upon­the­
severity­of­the­punishment­that­might­be­imposed,­and­not­upon­the­degree­
of­probability­that­the­criminal­will­be­caught­and­convicted.­

(1)­Only­statement­(a)­is­correct.­

(2)­Only­statements­(b)­and­(c)­are­correct.­

(3)­Only­statements­(a)­and­(c)­are­correct.­

(4)­Only­statement­(b)­is­correct.­

(5)­None­of­these­statements­is­correct.­

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Question­2­
(a)­The­mere­fact­that­an­act­corresponds­to­the­definitional­elements­of­an­
offence­means­that­the­act­is­unlawful.­

(b)­A­person­may­act­in­private­defence­in­order­to­protect­a­third­person­
even­if­there­is­no­family­or­protective­relationship­between­himself­and­the­
third­person.­

(c)­The­judgement­in­Goliath­is­authority­for­the­statement­that­one­may­kill­
an­innocent­person­in­a­case­of­a­relative­compulsion.­

(1)­Only­statement­(a)­is­correct.­




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(2)­Only­statement­(b)­is­correct.­

(3)­Only­statements­(a)­and­(c)­are­correct.­

(4)­Only­statements­(b)­and­(c)­are­correct.­

(5)­All­of­these­statements­are­correct.­

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Question­3­
(a)­Putative­private­defence­is­not­actual­private­defence­and­can­therefore­
not­exclude­X9s­culpability.­

(b)­For­X­to­succeed­with­a­defence­of­private­defence,­his­defensive­act­must­
have­been­directed­at­an­attack­that­has­already­been­completed.­

(c)­The­test­to­determine­necessity­is­an­objective­test.­

(1)­Only­statement­(a)­is­correct.­

(2)­Only­statement­(c)­is­correct.­

(3)­Only­statement­(b)­is­correct.­

(4)­Only­statements­(a)­and­(c)­are­correct.­

(5)­All­these­statements­are­correct.­

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Question­4­
(a)­In­Chretien­1981­(1)­SA­1097­(A)­the­court­rejected­the­<specific­intent­
theory=­with­regard­to­intoxication.­

(b)­If­X­is­charged­with­murder­and­the­court­finds­that­he­was­so­intoxicated­
that­he­lacked­the­intention­at­the­time­of­the­commission­of­the­crime,­he­
cannot­be­convicted­of­any­crime.­

(c)­One­of­the­requirements­for­a­conviction­of­a­contravention­of­section­1­of­
Act­1­of­1988­is­that­X­should­have­lacked­criminal­capacity­at­the­time­of­the­
commission­of­the­act.­




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