Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe - 2016 January

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2 judgments

Citation	Judgment date
January 2016
Yoramu and Ors v PG (CCZ 245 of 2012) [2016] ZWCC 2 (21 January 2016) Prosecution for occupying acquired agricultural land without lawful authority does not raise a constitutional protection-of-the-law issue. Gazetted Lands Act s3 — Constitutionality of prosecutions for occupying acquired land without lawful authority; no transfer of undertaking on land acquisition; labour law issue is statutory interpretation, not constitutional.	21 January 2016
Mudzuru & Anor v Ministry of Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs N.O. & Ors (CC 12 of 2015; Constitutional Application 79 of 2014) [2016] ZWCC 12 (20 January 2016) Public-interest applicants successfully established that the Constitution sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage; child marriage abolished. Constitutional law — standing under s85(1)(d) (public interest) — interpretation of s78(1) (right to found a family) — minimum marriage age 18 — invalidity of Marriage Act s22(1) and laws permitting child marriage — consideration of CRC and ACRWC.	20 January 2016