Act 9
Penal Code Act
2008
(d) an assessor or other person assisting a Court or a
public servant exercising judicial or quasijudicial functions while acting in that capacity;
(e) a person not being a member of the Assembly,
who is appointed or deputed by the Assembly to
do anything pertaining to the functions of the
Assembly or any of its organs; and
(f) a person who works in a public corporation
whether such corporation is established by law or
by an order of the President;
“Reason to believe” means a situation where a person has
sufficient cause to believe that something is true or false,
but not otherwise;
“Revenue stamp” means a stamp issued by or under the
authority of Southern Sudan or the government of any other
country for postal or other revenue purposes;
“Sentence” means the punishment imposed after conviction
of an offence;
“Sexually transmitted disease” means syphilis, gonorrhea,
herpes, and all other forms of sexually transmitted diseases
except, for the purposes of this section, HIV/AIDS;
“SDG” means the Sudanese Pound;
“SPLA” means the Sudan People’s Liberation Army which
includes land, naval and air forces;
“Statement” includes any act, gesture or form of expression,
whether verbal, written or visual, but does not include any
film, picture, publication, statue or record that is of a bona fide
literary or artistic character;
“Treason” means an act of sedition disloyalty, betrayal or
subversion.
“Unconstitutional means” means any process which is
not a process provided for in the Interim Constitution of
Southern Sudan and,or other law;
“Vessel” means anything made for the conveyance by
water, of human beings or of property;
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