CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE ACT
order the continued detention of the person for a specified period or until the appeal is determined, whichever is the shorter period.
[Subsection substituted by s. 29 of Act No. 2 of 2016]
(4) An appeal in terms of subsection (1) by the person admitted to bail or refused admission
to bail shall not suspend the decision appealed against.
(5) A judge who hears an appeal in terms of this section may make such order relating to
bail or any condition in connection therewith as he considers should have been made by the
judge or magistrate whose decision is the subject of the appeal.
(6) Subsections 117(2) to (6) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to any appeal in
terms of this section.
[Subsection amended by s. 29 of Act No. 2 of 2016]
(7) Any order made by a judge in terms of subsection (5) shall be deemed to be the order
made in terms of the appropriate section of this Part by the judge or magistrate whose decision
was the subject of the appeal.
(8) There shall be no appeal to a judge of the Supreme Court from a decision or order of a
judge of the High Court in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), unless the decision or
order relates to the admission or refusal of admission to bail of a person charged with any
offence referred to in—
(a) paragraph 10 of the Third Schedule; or
(b) the Ninth Schedule in respect of which the Prosecutor-General has issued a certificate
referred to in subsection (3b) of section thirty-two;
[Paragraph amended by s. 33 of Act No. 5 of 2014 with effect from 2.1.2015]
in which event subsections (3) to (7) shall apply to such appeal.
[Subsection as substituted by s. 6 of Act No. 14 of 2004]
(9) This section shall apply in regard to a private prosecution as if references to the Prosecutor-General were references to the private party instituting the prosecution.
[Subsection amended by s. 33 of Act No. 5 of 2014 with effect from 2.1.2015]
[Section as substituted by s. 2 of Act No. 8 of 1997.]
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[Section repealed by s. 2 of Act No. 8 of 1997]
123 Power to admit to bail pending appeal or review
(1) Subject to this section, a person may be admitted to bail or have his conditions of bail
altered—
(a) in the case of a person who has been convicted and sentenced or sentenced by the High
Court and who applies for bail—
(i) pending the determination by the Supreme Court of his appeal; or
(ii) pending the determination of an application for leave to appeal or for an extension of time within which to apply for such leave;
by a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court;
(b) in the case of a person who has been convicted and sentenced by a magistrates court
and who applies for bail—
(i) where the record of a case is required or permitted, in terms of section 57 or 58 of
the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10], to be transmitted for review, pending
the determination of the review; or
(ii) pending the determination by the High Court of his appeal; or
(iii) pending the determination of an application for leave to appeal or for an extension of time within which to apply for such leave;
by a judge of the High Court or by any magistrate within whose area of jurisdiction he
is in custody:
[Paragraph amended by s. 10 of Act No. 9 of 1997.]
Provided that—
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