Criminal Procedure Amendment Act | Act 8 of 2013 — South Africa law | Esheria

Criminal Procedure Amendment Act

This section amends Section 316 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 to allow judges considering a petition to request or call for the trial record, or part of it, in specified circumstances.

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Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 8 of 2013
Version
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Language
en
Updated
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About this statute

This section amends Section 316 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 to allow judges considering a petition to request or call for the trial record, or part of it, in specified circumstances. This section names the Act and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 10 September 2010. This section amends Article 316 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, by changing when a High Court record must be provided and by adding a new paragraph allowing a copy of the record to be requested in certain cases. This section gives the Act’s short title and says it is deemed to have come into operation on 10 September 2010.