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S v Williams (1995)

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of juveniles is unconstitutional. The decision was taken with respect to five different cases in which six juveniles were convicted by different magistrates and sentenced to receive a "moderate correction" of a number of strokes with a light
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The case did not deal with judicial corporal punishment of adults, but in argument before the court all parties agreed that it was unconstitutional. In 1997 Parliament passed the
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The unanimous judgment, handed down on 9 June 1995, found the imposition of corporal punishment to be incompatible with the
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S v Williams

Constitutional Court of South Africa
[1995] ZACC 6
Cape Provincial Division
Chaskalson
P
Ackermann
Didcott
Kriegler
Langa
Madala
Mahomed
Mokgoro
O'Regan
Sachs
Kentridge
AJ
a series
Corporal punishment

Domestic
Judicial
School
Amputation
Belting
Birching
Branding
Caning
Cat o' nine tails

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