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Chapter 9:19
WITCHCRAFT SUPPRESSION ACT
Ord. 14/1899, Acts 18/1989 (s. 11), 22/2001.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
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Short title.
Interpretation.
Punishment for imputation of witchcraft.
Punishment for imputation of witchcraft by habitual or reputed
witch-doctor or witch-finder.
Punishment for employing witch-doctor or witch-finder.
Punishment for witch-doctor or witch-finder practising witchcraft
or supplying witchcraft materials.
Punishment for applying means or processes of witchcraft for
the injury of persons or property.
Punishment for the naming or indicating of thieves by witchcraft or charms
Money received as payment or received for practice of witchcraft, shall be
deemed to have been received by fraud, and punishment for such fraud
AN ACT to suppress the practice of pretended witchcraft.
[Date of commencement: 18th August, 1899.]
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Witchcraft Suppression Act [Chapter 9:19].
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Interpretation
In this Act—
“witchcraft” includes the “throwing of bones”, the use of charms and any other means or
devices adopted in the practice of sorcery.
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Punishment for imputation of witchcraft
Any person who imputes to any other person the use of non-natural means in causing any
disease in any person or animal or in causing any injury to any person or property, that is to say,
who names or indicates any other person as being a wizard or witch shall be guilty of an offence
and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one
year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002]