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Submission on Sexual Offences Amendment Bill
24 May 2012

Lawyers against Abuse (LvA) supports the draft Sexual Offences Amendment Bill released on 23 May 2012 which seeks to amend the Sexual Offences Act of 2007. In light of the view that the Western Cape High Court has recently taken of various provisions of the Sexual Offences Act, and also bearing in mind the principle of legality, LvA support the confirmation that the Act does disclose offences, the sentences of which may be decided by the court at its discretion. We applaud the Justice & Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee for dealing with the issue as a matter of urgency. 

Jennifer MacLeod
Lawyers against Abuse 

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