ZANLERIGU v. THE REPUBLIC [1967] GLR 680-690

Criminal law procedure—Smuggling things out of prison—Abetment of smuggling—Offence not absolute—Mens rea necessary—Authority or reasonable belief in existence of authority good defence to charge—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), s. 228 as amended by the Criminal Code (Amendment) Act, 1965 (Act 293), s. 2.

Criminal law and procedure—Mens rea—Offence of absolute prohibition—Smuggling things into or out of prison without authority—Whether belief in existence of authority a defence to substantive charge and charge of abetment—Whether offences absolute or proof of mens rea necessary—Act 29, s. 228 as amended.

