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Punishment for imputation of witchcraft by habitual or reputed witch-doctor
or witch-finder
Any person who, having named and indicated any other person as a wizard or witch as
provided in section three, is proved at his trial under section three to be by habit and repute a
witch-doctor or witch-finder shall be liable, in lieu of the punishment provided by section three,
to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years or
to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002]
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Punishment for employing witch-doctor or witch-finder
Any person who employs or solicits any other person—
(a) to name or indicate any other person as a wizard or witch; or
(b) to name or indicate by means of witchcraft or by the application of any of the tests
mentioned in paragraph (b) of section eight or by the use of any non-natural means any
person as the perpetrator of any alleged crime or other act complained of; or
(c) to advise him or any other person how, by means of witchcraft or by any non-natural
means whatsoever, the perpetrator of any alleged crime or other act complained of
may be discovered;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002]
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Punishment for witch-doctor or witch-finder practising witchcraft or
supplying witchcraft materials
Any person who, professing a knowledge of so-called witchcraft or of the use of charms,
either as witch-doctor or witch-finder, advises or undertakes to advise any person applying to
him how to bewitch or injure any other person or any property, including animals, and any
person who supplies any other person with the pretended means of witchcraft, shall be guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding four years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002]
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Punishment for applying means or processes of witchcraft for the injury of
persons or property
Any person who, on the advice of a witch-doctor or witch-finder or any person pretending
to the knowledge of witchcraft or the use of charms, or in the exercise of any pretended
knowledge of witchcraft or of the use of charms, uses or causes to be put into operation such
means or processes as he may have been advised or may believe to be calculated to injure any
other person or any property, including animals, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine
not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years or to both
such fine and such imprisonment.
[amended by Act 22 of 2001, with effect from the 10th September, 2002]
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Punishment for the naming or indicating of thieves by witchcraft or charms
Any person who—