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9 of 1968
The repealed Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 9 of 1968 intended:
- to amend the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955,
- with regard to definitions;
- the jurisdiction of a court in respect of the trial of offences committed outside its area of jurisdiction;
- the release on bail of an accused before conclusion of the preparatory examination;
- the release on bail of an accused committed for trial or sentence;
- the fixing of ball within a prescribed period;
- the power of a superior court to admit an accused to bail;
- the payment of a deposit instead of entering into recognizances;
- the release of juvenile offenders without bail;
- the release on bail or otherwise of persons arrested for certain offences;
- the granting of leave of absence from trial;
- arrest and punishment for failure to obey a subpoena or to remain in attendance;
- witnesses from prison;
- the payment of expenses of witnesses;
- the superscription before section 254;
- the conviction of an accused on plea of guilty or evidence of confession;
- the admissibility as evidence of entries in bankers' books;
- the summoning of an accused to appear in inferior court;
- notice to appear in inferior court; charges in remitted cases;
- the imposition of another sentence in lieu of certain prescribed compulsory sentences;
- the payment of a fine without appearance in court;
- the powers of courts to impose suspended sentences or a caution or reprimand;
- the power of a court to order an accused to pay compensation;
- an application for leave to appeal;
- a special entry of irregularity or illegality;
- certain offences in respect of which no information may be published;
- the compounding of certain minor offences; and
- to provide for incidental matters.
Commencement
13 March 1968