CRW2601 specific-crimes-study-notes.

CONTENTS CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE Terrorism Public Violence CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE Perjury at common law Statutory perjury Defeating or obstructing the course of justice Contempt of court CRIMES AGAINST THE COMMUNITY 1. Crimes against public welfare Corruption Extortion Drug offences Unlawful possession of firearms or ammunition Road traffic offences 2. Sexual Crimes Rape Sexual assault, compelled sexual assault and compelled self- sexual assault. Incest Bestiality Sexual offences against children Sexual offences against mentally ill disabled persons Failure to report sexual offences against children and mentally disabled persons Trafficking in persons for sexual purposes Attempt, conspiracy and incitement CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON 1. Crimes against life and potential life Murder Culpable homicide 2. Crimes against bodily integrity Assault Pointing of a firearm 3. Crimes against dignity, reputation and freedom of movement Crimen iniuria Criminal defamation Abduction Kidnapping CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY Theft Robbery and receiving of stolen property Fraud and related crimes Crimes relating to damage to property Housebreaking with the intent to commit a crime Downloaded by Wayne Scholtz () lOMoARcPSD| 1 Crimes against the state 1.1 Terrorism Definition: The Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act 33 of 2004 provides a broad defi nition of “terrorist activities”. The main “terrorist activities” prohibited in section 1 of the Act are summarised below: ANY ACT committed in/outside the Republic which: (i) involves the use of violence by any means or method; (ii) involves the release into the environment of, or distributing or exposing the public to any dangerous or harmful substance or organism; any toxic chemical or microbial or other biological agent or toxin; (iii) endangers the life, or violates the physical integrity of any person or causes serious bodily injury or the death of any person or a number of persons; (iv) causes serious risk to the health or safety of the public or any segment of the public; (v) causes the destruction or substantial damage to any property, natural resource or the environmental heritage whether private or public (vi) is designed or calculated to cause serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system, or financial service or financial system; an essential infrastructure facility or any essential emergency services, such as police, medical or civil defence services; (vii) causes any major economic loss or extensive destabilisation of an economic system of a country; or (viii) creates a serious public emergency situation or a general insurrection in the Republic Intrests protected: The interests protected are the safety and security of the Republic, its institutions and people Elements of the crime - Act: The conduct prohibited comprises, inter alia, the use of violence; release of toxic or harmful substances; conduct which endangers the life or physical integrity of any person; the causing of serious risk to health and safety of the public; causing damage to property; an act calculated to cause serious