Recent Case: Criminal procedure

• Jurisdiction: South Africa
• Date: 24 May 2019
• Published date: 24 May 2019
• Pages: 182-196
• Citation: (2016) 29 SACJ 182
• Author: Pieter du Toit

Criminal procedure

PIETER DU TOIT

University of North West, Potchefstroom

1 Search and seizure

InMinister of Safety and Security v Van der Merwe 2011 (2) SACR 301

(CC)at paras [36]-[37] the Constitutional Court identied a number of

legislative safeguards to ameliorate the effect of searches and seizures

on important constitutional rights. The court further laid down a

number of prerequisites for a valid search warrant (at para [55]), as

well as guidelines to be observed by a court considering the validity

of the warrants (These safeguards and guidelines were referred to in

P du Toit ‘Recent cases: Criminal procedure’ (2015) 28 SACJ 387 at 390-

391). In Goqwana v Minister of Safety and Security 2016 (1) SACR 384

182 SACJ.(2016) 2

(2016) 29 SACJ 182

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