Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
Act No. 23 of 2004
Published in Government Gazette:
3rd June, 2005 (General Notice 227/2005).
Dates of commencement:
3rd February 2006 (but only for definitions of "level" and "standard scale" in
s. 2, s. 280 and First Schedule) [see s. 11(2) of General Laws Amendment
Act, 2005 (No. 6 of 2005)] (the text of section 11 is set out in full in the
Annexure at the end of this document)
1st July 2006 for remainder of Act [date of commencement fixed by
Statutory Instrument 150/2006 in terms of section 1(2)].
CRIMINAL LAW (CODIFICATION AND REFORM) ACT [CHAPTER 9:23]
Acts 23/2004,6/2005 (s. 11), 9/2006 (s. 31);
S.I. 30A/2007
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title and date of commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Roman-Dutch criminal law no longer to apply.
4. Application of Code to other enactments.
5. Territoriality of crimes.
CHAPTER II
ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
PART I
CRIMINAL CAPACITY
6. Children under seven years of age not criminally liable.
7. Criminal capacity of children between seven and fourteen years of age.
8. No presumption of criminal incapacity for persons over the age of fourteen years.
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