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Abdel Hadi Znafi Ben Mohammed v Public prosecution

Country/Territory
Morocco
Type of court
National - higher court
Date
Apr 28, 2014
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Court of Cassation
Seat of court
Rabat
Language
English
Abstract

Exploiting a secret quarry – misdemeanor of sand theft – criminalization – source of sand – public property.

The misdemeanor of sand theft has become criminalized pursuant to paragraph 3, Article 517 of the criminal code according to the amendment of the said text pursuant to law number 10.11 ordering the implementation of Dahir 1.11.152 on August 17.

In case of the availability of an administrative attestation that sand belongs to a public property as well as getting his preliminary confession confirming that the defendant extracted sand from public property and from a secret quarry with the help of others, the appealed decision when it based on the said confession was sufficiently explained.

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