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Criminal Matters Amendment Act,
No. 18 of 2015
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans
Long title
To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, so as to regulate bail in respect of essential infrastructure-related offences; to amend the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997, so as to regulate the imposition of discretionary minimum sentences for essential infrastructure-related offences; to create a new offence relating to essential infrastructure; to amend the Prevention of Organised CrimeAct, 1998, so as to insert a new offence in Schedule 1 to the Act; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Bail in respect of essential
infrastructure-related offences |
| 3. | Offence relating to essential
infrastructure |
| 4. | Amendment of Schedule 5 to Act
51 of 1977... |
| 5. | Amendment of section 51 of Act
105 of 1997... |
| 6. | Amendment of Part II of
Schedule 2 to Act 105 of 1997... |
| 7. | Amendment of Part IV of
Schedule 2 to Act 105 of 1997... |
| 8. | Amendment of Schedule 2 to Act
105 of 1997 |
| 9. | Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act
121 of 1998... |
| 10. | Short title and commencement |
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