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Section 13 — Public Prosecutor’s power to take over conduct of prosecution, etc.

As in force on 31 December 2021.

Timeline 4 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 1 January 2015 Act 41 of 2014, Act 42 of 2014
  3. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  4. 17 August 2026 Latest
Revised edition in force 31 December 2021

The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.

13.Public Prosecutor’s power to take over conduct of prosecution, etc.

Where a prosecution is conducted by a person other than the Public Prosecutor, the Deputy Attorney‑General mentioned in section 11(2), the Solicitor‑General, a Deputy Public Prosecutor or an Assistant Public Prosecutor, the Public Prosecutor may, if he or she thinks fit, take over the conduct of the prosecution at any stage of the proceedings and continue or discontinue the prosecution.