(1)A person attending court who is not under arrest or has not been served with a summons may be detained by the court for examination for any offence which the court may deal with, and which from the evidence that person appears to have committed.
Section history
Section 122 — Detention of offender attending court
As in force on 1 January 2013.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 1 January 2013 You are here
- 17 September 2018 Act 19 of 2018
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
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(2)The court may proceed against that person as though he had been arrested or summoned.
(3)When the court proceeds against a person under this section during the course of a trial or a committal hearing, it must begin the proceeding against the person separately.