CRW2602 - LATEST MCQ EXAM PACK 2020 (VERIFIED) BEST FOR REVISION

CRW2602 - LATEST MCQ EXAM PACK 2020 (VERIFIED) assignment 2020 QUESTION 1 (a) In the crime of crimen iniuria the infringement need not be serious as a minor infringement of the legally-protected interests is deemed sufficient. This statement is incorrect. The infringement must be serious in the case of the crime of crimen iniuria. See SG 7.2.8. (b) In S v Van Leperen 2017 (1) SACR 226 (WCC), X was convicted of crimen iniuria for slapping Y, a female manager, on the buttocks and making sexual remarks to her. (c) In the case of criminal defamation, the interests protected by the crime are a person’s good name and dignity. This statement is incorrect. The interests which are protected by the crime of criminal defamation is only a person’s good name (reputation). See SG 7.2.4 and Criminal Law 467-469 for a discussion of the crime of defamation. (1) All these statements are correct. (2) Only statement (a) is correct. (3) Only statement (b) is correct. (4) Only statement (c) are correct. (5) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. QUESTION 2 (a) In the case of Ndebele 2012 (1) SACR 245 (GSJ) the court held that electricity is indeed capable of being the subject of theft. (b) An intention to acquire a gain or advantage is a requirement for the crime of theft. This statement is incorrect. In our law, the intention to acquire some form of gain or advantage by X, from the acquisition or handling of the property, is no longer a requirement for the crime of theft. If X appropriates someone else’s property and then hands it over to a charitable institution, he still commits theft. See SG 8.6.4.3 e. (c) In Mostert 2010 (1) SACR 223 (SCA), the court held that water in a stream cannot be the subject of common-law theft. (1) Only statements (a) and (b) are correct. (2) Only statements (a) and (c) are correct. (3) Only statements (b) and (c) are correct. (4) All of the statements are correct. (5) None of the statements is correct.