The act is also in force in Namibia, which inherited it from the South African administration of South-West Africa. Administration of the act was transferred to the SWA government in 1979, and since then the South African and Namibian versions have diverged through amendment. A new Namibian Criminal Procedure Act was passed in 2004 but has not yet come into force.
criminal, procedure, 1977, 1977, parliament, south, africa, that, governs, criminal, procedure, south, africa, legal, system, details, procedure, whole, system, criminal, including, search, seizure, arrest, filing, charges, bail, plea, testimony, witnesses, ev. The Criminal Procedure Act 1977 Act No 51 of 1977 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that governs criminal procedure in South Africa s legal system It details the procedure for the whole system of criminal law including search and seizure arrest the filing of charges bail the plea the testimony of witnesses and the law of evidence the verdict and sentence and appeal Criminal Procedure Act 1977Parliament of South AfricaLong title Act to make provision for procedures and related matters in criminal proceedings CitationAct No 51 of 1977Enacted byParliament of South AfricaAssented to21 April 1977Commenced22 July 1977Status In force The act is also in force in Namibia which inherited it from the South African administration of South West Africa Administration of the act was transferred to the SWA government in 1979 and since then the South African and Namibian versions have diverged through amendment A new Namibian Criminal Procedure Act was passed in 2004 but has not yet come into force See also editCriminal procedure in South Africa National Forensic DNA Database of South Africa South African criminal lawExternal links editCriminal Procedure Act 1977 of South Africa as amended Criminal Procedure Act 1977 of Namibia as amended nbsp nbsp This article about law in South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about government in Namibia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a criminal law topic is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Criminal Procedure Act 1977 amp oldid 1084887389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
