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Section 252 — Safe custody of person acquitted

As in force on 1 March 2022.

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  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  3. 1 March 2022 You are here
  4. 15 November 2022 Act 19 of 2018
  5. 26 June 2023 Act 3 of 2020
  6. 14 February 2025 Act 5 of 2024
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252.Safe custody of person acquitted

(1)Whenever the finding states that the accused committed the act alleged, the court before which the trial has been held must, if that act would but for the incapacity found have constituted an offence, order that person to be kept in safe custody in such place and manner as the court thinks fit and shall report the case for the orders of the Minister.

(2)The Minister may order that person to be confined in a psychiatric institution, prison or other suitable place of safe custody during the President’s pleasure.