DECISION
The applicant applies for amnesty in respect of :
1. contravention of Section 27(i) read with Section 27(i)(c) and sections 1 and 29 of Act 26 of 1956 in causing an explosion and endangering property;
2. The theft of a motor car for the purpose of using it in carrying out political offences;
3. malicious damage to property.
All of the above charges related to an explosion caused at the shop of a certain Hepburn, known as Kwati Store, near Patensie, Port Elizabeth, on or about the 3rd of January.
The Committee after considering the application, the relevant documentation and the evidence, is satisfied that
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a) the application complies with the requirements of Act 34 of 1995;
b) the acts, omission or offences to which the application relates are acts associated with a political objective committed in the course of the conflicts of the past;
c) that the relevant facts relating to the particular offences have been disclosed;
d) that the offence does not constitute a gross violation of human rights.
Amnesty is
GRANTED: in respect of the offences mentioned under 1, 2 and 3 above
SIGNED ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1998.
