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ZAF-2017-L-108811
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Title_of_text
Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2017 (Act No. 4 of 2017).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-06-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to provide the courts with a wider range of options in respect of orders to be issued in cases of findings that accused persons are not capable of understanding criminal proceedings so as to make a proper defence; or that accused persons are by reason of mental illness or intellectual disability or for any other reason not criminally responsible for the offences they are charged with; to clarify the composition of the panels provided for in section 79 to conduct enquiries into the mental condition of accused persons; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1977-04-21 (ZAF-1977-L-85628)
Criminal Procedure Act [Act No. 51 of 1977].
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
South African Government Information, South Africa
URL
https://www.gov.za/
File
ZAF108811.pdf (PDF)