The State wanted Justice Chirau-Mugomba, who is the
chairperson of Council for Legal Education, to confirm in court if she authored
the letter which authorised the couple to be exempted from writing the
conversion examinations before practising law in Zimbabwe.
Magistrate Chakanyuka said : “According to Section 232 of
the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, it is the court that has the mandate
to call the witness it so specifies at any time. The statute should be given
its ordinary meaning, consistent with the provision when read in whole.
“As such, words must be taken in their context and it is
the duty of this court to interpret statute in this instance.”
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