Lockdown cigarette ban was ‘not necessary’ and unconstitutional, says WC high court
The court ruled that each party should pay their own costs because the ban had already been lifted
11 December 2020 - 21:13
The government’s decision to ban the sale of cigarettes during the country’s Covid-19 lockdown has been declared unconstitutional.
The Western Cape High Court on Friday ruled that regulation 45 of the Disaster Management Act — under which the cigarette prohibition was put in place — “cannot and does not withstand constitutional scrutiny”...
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