Minister of Safety & Security v Xaba
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minister-of-safety-security-v-xaba-208-8669365
title:
Minister of Safety & Security v Xaba
text:
In Minister of Safety and Security v Xaba 2003 (2) SA 703 (D); [2003] 1 All SA 596 (D); 2003 (7) BCLR 754 (D), an important case in South African criminal procedure, a bullet was lodged in Xaba's thigh. The Minister wanted to remove it, as the police believed that the bullet would connect X to the crime of a motor-vehicle hijacking. The court held that section 12 of the Constitution, enshrining the right to dignity, would be unjustifiably infringed if it ordered such a removal. The court further
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Safety_%26_Security_v_Xaba
date created:
2013-06-09T23:01:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T10:55:15Z
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