(1)If an accused, though not of unsound mind, cannot understand or be made to understand the proceedings, the court may proceed with the trial.
Section history
Section 292 — Procedure when accused does not understand proceedings
As in force on 14 May 2021.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 17 September 2018 Act 19 of 2018
- 2 January 2021 Act 40 of 2019
- 14 May 2021 You are here
- 17 August 2026 Latest
(2)For all courts other than the General Division of the High Court, if the trial results in a conviction, then the court must forward the proceedings to the General Division of the High Court with a report of the circumstances of the case and the General Division of the High Court must make such order or pass such sentence as it thinks fit.