No.2 2016 (a) by the repeal of subsection (2) and the substitution of"(2) On receipt of a notice in terms of subsection (1), the magistrate shall cause the person to be brought before him or her and shall forthwith commit the person for trial before the I ligh Court and. if the person is in custody, shall issue a warrant for the further detention of the person in prison pending his or her trial before the High Court for the offence for >vhich he or she has been committed. (2a) If a person\\ ho is committed for trial in terms of subsection (2) has earlier been granted bail on the charge for which he or she is committed, the grant shall stand but a judge of the High ( :ourt may, in terms of Part IX, alter the conditions of the recognizance or revoke the bail and commit the person to prison."; (b) by the repeal of subsection (6) and the substitution of"(6) Where an accused has been committed tor trial in tem1s of subsection (2) there shall be served upon him or her in addition to the indictment and notice of trial(a) a document containing a list of witnesses it is proposed to call at the trial and a summary of the evidence which each witness will gi,·c, surticicnt to inform the accused of all the material facts upon which the State relics; and (b) a notice requesting the accused(i) to give an outline of his or her defence, if any, to the charge; and (ii) to supply the names of any witnesses he or she proposes to call in his or her defence together with a summary of the evidence which each witness will give, sufficient to inform the Prosecutor-General of all the material facts on which he or she relies in his or her defence; and informing the accused of the provisions of section 67(2) in the event that the accused declines to give the information referred to in paragraph (b), whether on the grounds that he or she wishes to exercise his or her right to silence or otherwise."; (c) in subsection ( 10) by the repeal of paragraph (h) and the substitution of"(h) inform him or her of(i) his or her right to remain silent by declining to do either or both of the followingA. to gi,·e an outlint' of his or her defence, if any, to the charge; and B. to supply the names of any witnesses he or she proposes to call in his or her defence together with a summary of the evidence which each witness will give, sufficient to inform the Prosecutor-(ieneral of all the material facts on which he or she relics in his or her defence; and (ii) the consequences of remaining silent, that is to say, informing the accused of the provisions of section 67(2). ". 51

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