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.
Section history
Section 13 — Public Prosecutor’s power to take over conduct of prosecution, etc.
As in force on 28 April 2023.
Timeline 4 versions
- 2 January 2011 Enacted
- 1 January 2015 Act 41 of 2014, Act 42 of 2014
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 28 April 2023 You are here
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