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Thread: Knife legal issues
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26-07-2018, 11:18 #11
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Re: Knife legal issues
[QUOTE=Zuku;1269001]What is a dangerous weapon?
Section 1 of the Dangerous Weapons Act, 2013 (Act No 15 of 2013), defines a dangerous weapon as:
»» any object other than a firearm, capable of causing death or inflicting serious bodily harm, if it was used for an unlawful purpose.
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The act leaves it to the discretion of the SAPS officer to decide if a "weapon" is dangerous. most EDC knives can be classified as dangerous weapons.
A good friends wife was the officer in command of one of the East Rand police stations. When they had to reach their crime / arrest quota's the easiest way would be to raid shebeens and confiscate knives.
Link to the act.
https://www.saps.gov.za/resource_cen.../2013a0015.pdf
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