| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-08T17:13:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-08T17:13:36Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2010-11-15 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | [2011] ZACC 19 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2011 (5) SA 61 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2011 (9) BCLR 961 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2011 (2) SACR 301 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3631 | |
| dc.title | Minister for Safety and Security v Van Der Merwe and Others | en |
| dc.title.alternative | CCT90/10 | en |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT90/10 | en |
| dc.date.hearing | 3 March 2011 | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Mogoeng J | |
| dc.date.judgment | 7 June 2011 | |
| dc.link.judgment | http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3631/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%207%20June%202011.pdf?sequence=19&isAllowed=y | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | This decision concerned the validity and intelligibility of search and seizure warrants issued under section 21 of the Criminal Procedure Act. Upholding the decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Western Cape High Court, Cape Town, the Court held that a section 21 search warrant must specify the offence in issue. The High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal found that the warrants in this case were invalid as they failed to specify the offences suspected of having been committed. This Court found that for a warrant issued in terms of section 21 to be intelligible, and accordingly valid, the warrant must stipulate the suspected offence. The failure to comply with this requirement led to the warrants being invalid. Judgment: Mogoeng J (unanimous) | |
| dc.concourt.casehistory | Application for leave to appeal against the SCA judgment: Minister of Safety and Security v Van der Merwe [2011] 1 All SA 260 (SCA); 2011 (1) SACR 211 (SCA). This case was first heard in the Western Cape High Court: Van der Merwe and Others v Additional Magistrate, Cape Town and Others 2010 (1) SACR 470 (C). |