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The 18th of September 2018
Jeremy Acton and others v State and Prince and others v State
Section 4b of the Drug Trafficking Act is found unconstitutional by the highest court in the land the Constitutional Court....
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of dagga is not a criminal offence.
"The right to privacy is not confined to a home or private dwelling. It will not be a criminal offence for an adult person to use or be in possession of cannabis in private space," Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said on Tuesday.
"The judgment does not specify how many grams of cannabis can a person use or have in private."
either way i was gonna grow and self-medicate though it does take the edge off in terms of paranoia and of course is a huge win for home growers across the country. Waiting to see how govt. police find ways to harass there are some vague understandings in terms of plant and gram allowance,at the moment im taking it as a no grow limit during the 24 months interim period till parli ratifies and clarifies the new legislation.
"The Western Cape High Court passed a ruling on Friday morning that allows for the possession, cultivation and private use of marijuana at home.
The court also ruled that Parliament has 24 months to change sections of the Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicines Control Act.
Dagga Party of SA leader Jeremy Acton, Rastafarian Garreth Prince and 18 others argued in December last year for the decriminalisation of the substance.
According to the Dagga Party the ruling is a massive step forward for the cannabis movement in the country."
"In March 2017, Justice Dennis Davis handed down a judgment in the Western Cape High Court that declared sections of the drugs and drug trafficking act invalid and unconstitutional after an application brought in by Rastafarian lawyer Gareth Prince – an advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana.
Prince argued that the criminalisation of dagga use and possession was a violation of the right to equality, dignity, and freedom of religion.
Justice Davis suspended the order of invalidity on the use of cannabis until it could be confirmed by the constitutional court."
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...e-of-dagga-is-not-a-criminal-offence-20180918
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...-mind-now-that-sa-can-grow-marijuana-at-home/
https://www.enca.com/south-africa/dagga-now-legal-at-home
Jeremy Acton and others v State and Prince and others v State
Section 4b of the Drug Trafficking Act is found unconstitutional by the highest court in the land the Constitutional Court....
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of dagga is not a criminal offence.
"The right to privacy is not confined to a home or private dwelling. It will not be a criminal offence for an adult person to use or be in possession of cannabis in private space," Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said on Tuesday.
"The judgment does not specify how many grams of cannabis can a person use or have in private."
either way i was gonna grow and self-medicate though it does take the edge off in terms of paranoia and of course is a huge win for home growers across the country. Waiting to see how govt. police find ways to harass there are some vague understandings in terms of plant and gram allowance,at the moment im taking it as a no grow limit during the 24 months interim period till parli ratifies and clarifies the new legislation.
"The Western Cape High Court passed a ruling on Friday morning that allows for the possession, cultivation and private use of marijuana at home.
The court also ruled that Parliament has 24 months to change sections of the Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicines Control Act.
Dagga Party of SA leader Jeremy Acton, Rastafarian Garreth Prince and 18 others argued in December last year for the decriminalisation of the substance.
According to the Dagga Party the ruling is a massive step forward for the cannabis movement in the country."
"In March 2017, Justice Dennis Davis handed down a judgment in the Western Cape High Court that declared sections of the drugs and drug trafficking act invalid and unconstitutional after an application brought in by Rastafarian lawyer Gareth Prince – an advocate for the decriminalization of marijuana.
Prince argued that the criminalisation of dagga use and possession was a violation of the right to equality, dignity, and freedom of religion.
Justice Davis suspended the order of invalidity on the use of cannabis until it could be confirmed by the constitutional court."
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...e-of-dagga-is-not-a-criminal-offence-20180918
https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...-mind-now-that-sa-can-grow-marijuana-at-home/
https://www.enca.com/south-africa/dagga-now-legal-at-home
