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Minimum-sentence provisions, in terms of section 51 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1997 [319] are very important for the sentencing process at present. The provisions were originally introduced as an emergency measure, renewable by the President every two years.
In certain circumstances, robberies and hijackings (and aircraft hijacking) also carry a mandatory life sentence. Section 51 of South Africa's Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1997 prescribes the minimum sentences for other types of murders, rapes and robberies to 25, 15 and 10 years respectively, so parole is almost always granted to prisoners ...
32 life sentences plus 170 years South Africa: Found guilty of 870 charges of child rape, exploitation, sexual assault and child pornography. [24] Albert Morake 2015 30 life sentences, minimum 1,535 years South Africa: Serial rapist, convicted of other crimes including: robbery, attempted murder and kidnapping. [25] Bobby Joe Long: 1985
South African criminal law is the body of national law relating to crime in South Africa.In the definition of Van der Walt et al., a crime is "conduct which common or statute law prohibits and expressly or impliedly subjects to punishment remissible by the state alone and which the offender cannot avoid by his own act once he has been convicted."
Act No. 105 of 1997: Territorial extent: Republic of South Africa: Enacted by: Parliament of South Africa: Assented to: 27 November 1997: Commenced: 13 November 1998 (§1–50); 1 May 1998 (§51–53) Legislative history; Bill title: Criminal Law Amendment Bill: Bill citation: B46—1997: Introduced by: Dullah Omar, Minister of Justice: Summary
Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994) 1994 Land Administration Act, 1995 1995 Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995 (Act No. 34 of 1995) 1995 South African Citizenship Act, 1994 (Act No. 88 of 1995) 1995 South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995) 1995 Government Employees Pension Law, 1996
Sentence, Prescribed sentence, Minimum sentence, Charge-sheet, Substantial and compelling circumstances, Untoxication, Murder, Attempted murder, Personal circumstances, Misdirection, Deterrence S v Vika , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] an important case in South African criminal law, was heard on May 12, 2010.
South Africa's nine provinces each produce a number of statutes a year, in areas for which they have either concurrent, or exclusive, legislative competence under section 104 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996. (See Schedule 4 of the Constitution for a list of the functions areas in respect of which a province may ...