{"id":2633,"date":"2023-06-13T19:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:00:41","slug":"stop-unlawful-arrest-and-detention-a-fresh-new-look-by-the-sca-at-unlawful-arrest-and-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servamusmagazine.co.za\/new\/stop-unlawful-arrest-and-detention-a-fresh-new-look-by-the-sca-at-unlawful-arrest-and-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop unlawful arrest and detention: A fresh, new look by the SCA at unlawful arrest and detention"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2633\" class=\"elementor elementor-2633\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64ac61cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64ac61cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34b420a4\" data-id=\"34b420a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324b3687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324b3687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8211; Diljan v Minister of Police (Case no 746\/2021) [2022] ZASCA 103 (dated 24 June 2022) (SCA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relevant legal provisions applicable to this judgment<br>Section 40(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (&#8220;the CPA&#8221;) provides as follows:<br>&#8220;40 Arrest by peace officer without a warrant<br>(1) A peace officer may [in Afrikaans text: \u2018kan\u2019] without warrant arrest any person &#8211;<br>(b) whom he or she reasonably suspects of having committed an offence referred to in Schedule 1 [of this CPA], other than the offence of escaping from lawful custody;<br>(c) to (q) \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S<u>chedule 1 of the CPA<\/u><br>Note that one of the offences listed in this Schedule 1 is &#8220;common law malicious injury to property&#8221;.<br>(Emphasis added and words in square brackets inserted by Pollex.)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I<u>ntroduction<\/u><br>This matter is an appeal against a decision of the High Court in Pretoria. 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