Govt set to argue dagga case
14 December 2016
Cape Town - Government will present arguments in an application over the decriminalisation of cannabis when it continues in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
Rastafarian Garreth Prince and Dagga Party leader Jeremy Acton submitted arguments, when the landmark case started on Tuesday, on behalf of themselves and 18 other plaintiffs who face prosecution and a criminal record for dagga-related charges.
They want the court to declare some sections of the Criminal Prohibition of Dagga Act (sections 4b and 5c), read with certain sections of Part III of Schedule 2 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, unconstitutional.
The ministries of health, police, trade and industry, and justice and constitutional development, and the director of public prosecutions would present their take on the controversial subject when the court resumed.