Government to amend the penal code, CPNE Act

Kgathi PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO
Kgathi PIC: BOINGOTLO SEITSHIRO

The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security Shaw Kgathi says government is in the process amending the Penal Code, and the Criminal Proceedings and Evidence Act in response to new forms of crime.

Kgathi said this recently at the ongoing 45th Botswana Police Senior Officers Annual Conference held at Special Support Group (SSG) Band Hall. The conference ends today.

Kgathi said these reforms are occasioned among others, by the new security related acts passed in 2014, and also in response to the increasing domestic and sexual violence acts against women, children, boys and girls such as rape, incest and defilement.

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