CRW
2603 EXAM
PACK 2023
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Answer all 50 questions.
Read statements (a) and (b) in each of the questions (below) and decide whether the statement is true
(correct) or false (incorrect). Some statements are correct and some are incorrect. Choose the correct
option (1), (2), (3) or (4), and then submit that answer.
For example: Question 1 – 2.
Question 1
(a) An accessory after the fact can only be charged in respect of serious crimes.
(b) The category of participants includes perpetrators, accomplices and accessories after the fact.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 2
(a) Mere active association is sufficient to have one convicted in terms of the doctrine of common
purpose.
(b) In order to succeed with the doctrine of common purpose, there must be group of persons who
acted in concert.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 3
(a) Kidnapping constitutes a crime against a person’s freedom of movement.
(b) In order to be held liable for kidnapping, the kidnapper must have reached the age of majority.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
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Question 4
(a) Malicious damage to property can only be committed in respect of someone else’s immovable
property.
(b) If a person did not have an ulterior motive when damaging the property, he or she cannot be
convicted of the crime of malicious damage to property.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 5
(a) Kidnapping can be committed by men only.
(b) Abduction can only be committed against an unmarried minor regardless of their gender.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 6
(a) A minor slap in the face will not result in a person committing assault.
(b) If Teka snatches away a chair as Sipho is about to sit, which results in Sipho falling to the
ground, he commits the crime of assault. (For this statement assume that Teka had the
necessary intention for assault.)
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 7
(a) A person cannot be charged with pointing of a firearm merely because he/she pointed the
firearm at someone. He/she must have fired a shot.
(b) If a person is aware that the firearm pointed at him/her is a toy, the state cannot succeed with
the case of pointing of a firearm against the perpetrator.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
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Question 8
(a) The difference between murder and culpable homicide lies in both intention and negligence
respectively.
(b) The competent verdict to a murder charge is culpable homicide.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 9
(a) The only intention required for housebreaking is that the perpetrator must have the intention to
commit some crime inside the house.
(b) If a person merely has the intention to unlawfully break into premises and subsequently enters
the building or structure, he can be convicted of the crime of house breaking with the intention
to commit crime inside the house.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 10
(a) The conduct of a person who pushes open a closed (whether locked or not) door or window
qualifies as breaking for purpose of being liable for committing housebreaking with the intent to
commit a crime in it.
(b) A person commits a crime of housebreaking with the intent to commit crime, even if the element
of unlawfulness is absent.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
[TURN OVER]
2603 EXAM
PACK 2023
, Confidential CRW2603
Page 3 of 15 May/June 2020
Answer all 50 questions.
Read statements (a) and (b) in each of the questions (below) and decide whether the statement is true
(correct) or false (incorrect). Some statements are correct and some are incorrect. Choose the correct
option (1), (2), (3) or (4), and then submit that answer.
For example: Question 1 – 2.
Question 1
(a) An accessory after the fact can only be charged in respect of serious crimes.
(b) The category of participants includes perpetrators, accomplices and accessories after the fact.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 2
(a) Mere active association is sufficient to have one convicted in terms of the doctrine of common
purpose.
(b) In order to succeed with the doctrine of common purpose, there must be group of persons who
acted in concert.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 3
(a) Kidnapping constitutes a crime against a person’s freedom of movement.
(b) In order to be held liable for kidnapping, the kidnapper must have reached the age of majority.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
[TURN OVER]
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Question 4
(a) Malicious damage to property can only be committed in respect of someone else’s immovable
property.
(b) If a person did not have an ulterior motive when damaging the property, he or she cannot be
convicted of the crime of malicious damage to property.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 5
(a) Kidnapping can be committed by men only.
(b) Abduction can only be committed against an unmarried minor regardless of their gender.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 6
(a) A minor slap in the face will not result in a person committing assault.
(b) If Teka snatches away a chair as Sipho is about to sit, which results in Sipho falling to the
ground, he commits the crime of assault. (For this statement assume that Teka had the
necessary intention for assault.)
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 7
(a) A person cannot be charged with pointing of a firearm merely because he/she pointed the
firearm at someone. He/she must have fired a shot.
(b) If a person is aware that the firearm pointed at him/her is a toy, the state cannot succeed with
the case of pointing of a firearm against the perpetrator.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
[TURN OVER]
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Question 8
(a) The difference between murder and culpable homicide lies in both intention and negligence
respectively.
(b) The competent verdict to a murder charge is culpable homicide.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 9
(a) The only intention required for housebreaking is that the perpetrator must have the intention to
commit some crime inside the house.
(b) If a person merely has the intention to unlawfully break into premises and subsequently enters
the building or structure, he can be convicted of the crime of house breaking with the intention
to commit crime inside the house.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
Question 10
(a) The conduct of a person who pushes open a closed (whether locked or not) door or window
qualifies as breaking for purpose of being liable for committing housebreaking with the intent to
commit a crime in it.
(b) A person commits a crime of housebreaking with the intent to commit crime, even if the element
of unlawfulness is absent.
Choose the correct option below and write the number in your answer book.
(1) (a) and (b) are correct.
(2) (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(3) Only (a) is correct.
(4) Only (b) is correct. (2)
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