AC/99/0214
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION
AMNESTY COMMITTEE
APPLICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 18 OF THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION ACT, NO.34 OF 1995.
EBRAHIM PATEL APPLICANT
(AM 5887/97)
DECISION
The applicant applies for amnesty on a conviction of perjury in the Johannesburg Regional Court in case number 41/2574/98 having perjured himself in the case of the STATE V DONALD MATTERA, 41/807/78.
Having considered the application, the Committee is satisfied that the applicant committed the crime with a political objective as envisaged in the Act.
The applicant has complied with the requirements of the Act and is GRANTED amnesty for the offence.
SIGNED ON THE 28TH MAY 1999.