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Lawyer Takes Marijuana Challenge To Constitutional Court

1 year agoFri, 24 Nov 2023 04:35:51 GMT
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Lawyer Takes Marijuana Challenge To Constitutional Court

Harare lawyer Tapiwanashe Mukandi has approached the Constitutional Court challenging the dismissal of his High Court application seeking the legalisation of and cultivation of marijuana (mbanje), reported NewsDay.

On 13 July 2023, Mukandi filed an application challenging laws that criminalise the possession, consumption as well as cultivation of cannabis in Zimbabwe.

The application was dismissed by High Court judge Justice Gladys Mhuri in a judgement delivered on 31 October.

Justice Mhuri ruled that cannabis has potentially harmful health effects if left unchecked.

In his ConCourt application filed on Tuesday this week, Mukandi argued that the High Court erred in its interpretation of the provisions of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

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Mukandi, through his lawyer Tererai Mafukidze instructed by Tapiwa Chivanga of Scanlen & Holderness submitted to the court:

The provisions of section 156(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) as read with the definition of ‘deal in’ in section 155 of the Criminal Law are inconsistent with sections 57, 56(1), and 52 of the Constitution and are constitutionally invalid only to the extent that they make the cultivation in a private place, use, or possession by an adult person for his or her own consumption in private a criminal offence.

Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe were cited as respondents.

Meanwhile, in 2013, Uruguay became the first country to legalise the production, sale, and consumption of cannabis for recreational use.

Since then, countries such as Spain have allowed personal use and cultivation of cannabis in private spaces.

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13 Comments

Ini Zvangu · 1 year ago
Chi**** neMbanje zvakagara zviriko kubva makarekare, nazvino zvichiriko, zvichange zviriko narini narini. Legal or illegal its just the reality.
Ini Zvangu · 1 year ago
C. H. I. H. U. R. E.
healing of the nation · 1 year ago
wisdom
mwalimu · 1 year ago
no to mbanje cultivation. Idyai sadza rezviyo if you have health issues. Or better still muriwo namapotato🙆
🧐 🤔 🤨 🙄 🤪 · 1 year ago
Ma veggies kunyanya Rape, ne Covo anembanje iripowerful kukunda matwigs netutsotso twamochiva kunyanya, yaa kana derere ne munyevhe pane element inonzi canibodium forgive me spelling, that element is found abundant in greens, Veggies kunyanya, and the way we prepare vegetables muno at most recedes the effectiveness of humbanje hwoku svuta, that why anosvuta anokasira kuve addicted whereas ano prepare nekubika ane havi Doctors, Nutritionist vari pano I put my head on the block, challenging Say out your inputs
Bogus · 1 year ago
ko inga wani muno muzimbabwe kunotori ne ma farms anotorimwa mbanje wani bt zviri licenced,there is a farm in mt hampden and one in marondera bt kungoti its expensive ku aquire licence racho cz dzinozochengedzwa ne state security
cid · 1 year ago
Zuro taiudzwa kuti chih,u're should be legalized nhasy hanzy mbanje should be legalized 😂😂ash Zimbabwe soo
dakar · 1 year ago
mbaje haina kana health problem vakutonyebawo zvako.iweee mháťà iwe
ras · 1 year ago
big up yoself Tapiwanashe......legalize Marijuana
chinondidya chii · 1 year ago
they will never legalise ganja simply because they want their mutoriro business to flourish
Humba · 1 year ago
ngadzirimwe bt on conditio not kt munhu wese mumbare umu dzingabva dzatrimwa nemunhu wese,ngadzingorimwa for hospitality use only,not for chiutsi svuting
sorry · 1 year ago
sungai tibhemeee 😂😂😂

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