Luke Malaba
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 2 of 2020 on Court Operations during the Extension of the National Shutdown
On Sunday 19th April – following the President’s announcement of the extension of the National Shutdown from 20th April to 3rd May – the Chief Justice issued the following self-explanatory Practice Direction 2 of 2020. The new Practice Direction amends Practice Direction 1 of 2020 [see Court Watch 3/2020 [link]] to take account of the extension of the National Lockdown.
PRACTICE DIRECTION 2 OF 2020
COURT OPERATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 NATIONAL LOCKDOWN PERIOD
AMENDMENT NOTICE
Amendment to Practice Direction 1 of 2020
1) Practice Direction 1 of 2020 is amended in paragraphs 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 by the deletion of those paragraphs and substitution with the following:-
Criminal matters
“10. All pending criminal cases originally remanded to the dates shown in Column ‘A’ shall be automatically rolled over to the dates shown in column ‘B’:-
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ | |||
| Original Remand Date | New date of remand | |||
| 30 March 2020 | 4 May 2020 | |||
| 31 March 2020 | 5 May 2020 | |||
| 1 April 2020 | 6 May 2020 | |||
| 2 April 2020 | 7 May 2020 | |||
| 3 April 2020 | 8 May 2020 | |||
| 6 April 2020 | 11 May 2020 | |||
| 7 April 2020 | 12 May 2020 | |||
| 8 April 2020 | 13 May 2020 | |||
| 9 April 2020 | 14 May 2020 | |||
| 10 April 2020 | 15 May 2020 | |||
| 14 April 2020 | 18 May 2020 | |||
| 15 April 2020 | 19 May 2020 | |||
| 16 April 2020 | 20 May 2020 | |||
| 17 April 2020 | 21 May 2020 | |||
| 20 April 2020 | 22 May 2020 | |||
| 21 April 2020 | 26 May 2020 | |||
| 22 April 2020 | 27 May 2020 | |||
| 23 April 2020 | 28 May 2020 | |||
| 24 April 2020 | 29 May 2020 | |||
| 27 April 2020 | 1 June 2020 | |||
| 28 April 2020 | 2 June 2020 | |||
| 29 April 2020 | 3 June 2020 | |||
| 30 April 2020 | 4 June 2020 | |||
- 11.All summonsesand subpoenas issued directing accused persons and witnesses to appear in court between 20 April 2020 and 3 May 2020 are cancelled and shall be reissued after the expiry of the lockdown period.
- 12.Allsales in execution are hereby stayed for the duration of the lockdown period.”
Effective date
- 13.Inlight of the extension of the period of lockdown, this Practice Direction shall accordingly remain in effect until the expiry of the extended lockdown period.”
Hon. Mr Justice L Malaba
Chief Justice of Zimbabwe
HARARE
19 April 2020
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