7-6-2024.                                                                                                                                                               Prosecutor-General.

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Prosecutorial Guidelines

PREAMBLE

ACCEPTING the responsibility entrusted upon me by the Constitution of Zimbabwe to independently decide whether and how to institute and conduct criminal proceedings without being directed or controlled by anyone and most importantly to ensure that the said decision is made without fear, favour, prejudice or bias;

AND AFFIRMING the supremacy of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, whose obligations are binding on every person, natural or juristic, including the State and all executive, legislative and judicial institutions and agencies of Government at every level, and must be fulfilled by them:

NOW, THEREFORE, in fulfilment of the requirement set out under section 11A of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07], I, Loyce Matanda-Moyo, the Prosecutor-General of the Republic of Zimbabwe, affirm that the decision on whether and how to institute and conduct criminal proceedings shall be guided by the Constitution, relevant statutes and case law that are within the body of Zimbabwe’s criminal law and internal standard operating procedures, hereby review in accordance with the requirements of the law the said general principles.