CRW2601 Exam Memos.

CRW2601 Exam Memos. 100% CORRECT questions, answers, workings and explanations. MEMOS FROM MAY JUNE 2015 TO MAY 2019 QUESTION PAPERS FROM MAY JUNE 2015 TO MAY 2019. NOTES FOR CRW2601. 3 | P a g e CRW2601 MAY JUNE 2019 PART A 1. (4) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (5) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (2) 10. (2) PART B Question 1 (a) (1) A court may find an accused guilty of a crime only if the kind of act performed is recognized by the law as a crime – in other words, a court itself may not create a crime. This is the ius acceptum rule. (2) A court may find an accused guilty of a crime only if the kind of act performed was recognised as a crime at the time of its commission. This is the ius praevium rule. (3) Crimes ought not to be formulated vaguely. This is the ius certum rule. (4) A court must interpret the definition of a crime narrowly rather than broadly. This is the ius strictum rule. (5) After an accused has been found guilty, the above-mentioned four rules must also be applied when it comes to imposing a sentence; this means that the applicable sentence (regarding both form and extent) must already have been determined in reasonably clear terms by the law at the time of the commission of the crime, that a court must interpret the words defining the punishment narrowly rather than broadly, and that a court is not free to