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Section 292 — Procedure when accused does not understand proceedings

As in force on 31 December 2024.

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  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 17 September 2018 Act 19 of 2018
  3. 2 January 2021 Act 40 of 2019
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292.Procedure when accused does not understand proceedings

(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.

(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.