,CONTAINS OVER 200+ ANSWERED
QUESTIONS
Question 1
(a) An indirect perpetrator is a person who
makes use of somebody else to commit a crime.
✓
(b) Williams 1980 (1) SA 60 (A) is authority
for the point of view that a personmay be
convicted as an accomplice to the crime of
murder.✓
(c) A “joiner in” is a person who actively
associated himself with the commonpurpose of
others (to kill Y) at a time before the lethal
wound had been inflicted upon Y.
(1) Only statement (a) is correct.
(2) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (See
SG 1.3.2 & 2.2.5)
(3) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
(4) Only statement (b) is correct.
(5) All of these statements are correct.
,Question 2
(a) For a conspiracy to be punishable, an
agreement between at least two persons to
commit a crime is required. ✓
(b) The purpose of the prohibition of incitement
to commit a crime is to discourage people from
seeking to influence others to commit crimes.✓
(c)The crime of public violence can be
committed by an individual acting alone.
(1) Only statement (a) is correct.
(2) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
(3) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (See
SG 3.3 & 3.4)
(4) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct.
(5) Only statement (b) is correct.
Question 3
(a) The crime of common-law perjury is only
committed if the false declaration is made in the
course of a legal proceeding.✓
(b) Laying a false criminal charge against
another may amount to the crime of defeating or
, obstructing the course of justice (or attempting to
do so). ✓
(c) Fair comment on the outcome of a case or
on the administration of justicein general does
not constitute contempt of court. ✓
(1) All these statements are correct. (See SG
5.1.5 ; 5.4.6 & Criminal Law 339
(2) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct.
(3) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct.
(4) Only statement (a) is correct.
(5) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
Question 4
(a) Where an editor of a newspaper is charged
with contempt of court on the ground of having
published information in his newspaper
concerning a pending case which tends to
influence the outcome of the case, it is sufficient
if the state proves culpability in the form of
negligence. ✓
(b) Unfair criticism of the South African Police
Services by a newspaper reporter may amount to
contempt of court.
QUESTIONS
Question 1
(a) An indirect perpetrator is a person who
makes use of somebody else to commit a crime.
✓
(b) Williams 1980 (1) SA 60 (A) is authority
for the point of view that a personmay be
convicted as an accomplice to the crime of
murder.✓
(c) A “joiner in” is a person who actively
associated himself with the commonpurpose of
others (to kill Y) at a time before the lethal
wound had been inflicted upon Y.
(1) Only statement (a) is correct.
(2) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (See
SG 1.3.2 & 2.2.5)
(3) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
(4) Only statement (b) is correct.
(5) All of these statements are correct.
,Question 2
(a) For a conspiracy to be punishable, an
agreement between at least two persons to
commit a crime is required. ✓
(b) The purpose of the prohibition of incitement
to commit a crime is to discourage people from
seeking to influence others to commit crimes.✓
(c)The crime of public violence can be
committed by an individual acting alone.
(1) Only statement (a) is correct.
(2) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
(3) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (See
SG 3.3 & 3.4)
(4) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct.
(5) Only statement (b) is correct.
Question 3
(a) The crime of common-law perjury is only
committed if the false declaration is made in the
course of a legal proceeding.✓
(b) Laying a false criminal charge against
another may amount to the crime of defeating or
, obstructing the course of justice (or attempting to
do so). ✓
(c) Fair comment on the outcome of a case or
on the administration of justicein general does
not constitute contempt of court. ✓
(1) All these statements are correct. (See SG
5.1.5 ; 5.4.6 & Criminal Law 339
(2) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct.
(3) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct.
(4) Only statement (a) is correct.
(5) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct.
Question 4
(a) Where an editor of a newspaper is charged
with contempt of court on the ground of having
published information in his newspaper
concerning a pending case which tends to
influence the outcome of the case, it is sufficient
if the state proves culpability in the form of
negligence. ✓
(b) Unfair criticism of the South African Police
Services by a newspaper reporter may amount to
contempt of court.
