Criminal procedure act 51 of 1977 saflii

What is Criminal Procedure Act 1977?

(1) This Act shall be called the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977

[S 345 (2) am by s 1 of Act 49 of 1996

] Treason Sedition Public violence Murder Culpable homicide

Rape or compelled rape as contemplated in sections 3 and 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, respectively

What is the purpose of the Act of 1977?

[Commencement date: 22 July 1977

] It is hereby notified that the State President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information

To make provision for procedures and related matters in criminal proceedings

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President

)(Assented to 21 April 1977 )

When did the Criminal Procedure Act 137 start?

[Proc 45, G

26808]), Act 111 of 1998 (GoN 1543, G

19522, commencement date of s 137 (only in so far as it amends the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977): 1 October 2004

[Proc R38, G

26626]), Act 55 of 2002 (GoN 113, G

24277, commencement date of ss 12 and 13: 18 February 2005

[Proc

Indian-Swedish engineer murdered in South Africa

Anni Ninna Dewani was a Swedish woman of Indian origin who was murdered while on her honeymoon in South Africa after the taxi in which she and her husband Shrien Dewani were traveling was hijacked.

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