
Witchcraft Suppression Proclamation, 1933
Proclamation 27 of 1933
- Published in Official Gazette 538 on 1 December 1933
- Assented to on 24 November 1933
- Commenced on 1 December 1933
- [This is the version of this document from 15 April 1936 and includes any amendments published up to 1 December 2023.]
- [Amended by Extension of Laws to the Rehoboth Gebiet (Proclamation 12 of 1936) on 15 April 1936]
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A person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding five years, or to a fine, or to whipping, or to any two or more of such punishments if he:-[The reference to whipping in section 1 is invalidated by Ex Parte Attorney-General, Namibia: Re: Corporal Punishment by Organs of the State 1991 NR 178 (SC), even though this Proclamation is not specifically mentioned. That case made the following order: “It is declared that the imposition of any sentence by any judicial or quasi-judicial authority, authorising or directing any corporal punishment upon any person is unlawful and in conflict with Article 8 of the Namibian Constitution.”]2.
This Proclamation may be cited as The Witchcraft Suppression Proclamation, 1933.[The word “the” should not be capitalised unless it is part of the name of the Proclamation. The Official Gazette is ambiguous, as it seems to make “The” part of the name of the Proclamation in the English version (with the index listing it as “The Witchcraft Suppression Proclamation, 1933”), but not in the Afrikaans version (with the index listing it as “Onderdrukking van Towery Proklamasie, 1933”). The Official Gazette does not indicate which language version was signed by the Administrator. The word “The” has been omitted from the short title here for consistency with other laws.]GOD SAVE THE KING.Given under my hand and seal at Windhoek this 24th day of November, 1933.D. G. CONRADIE,Administrator.History of this document
15 April 1936 this version
Amended by
Extension of Laws to the Rehoboth Gebiet
01 December 1933
Commenced
24 November 1933
Assented to