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Section 121A — Offences against the President’s person

As in force on 2 January 2011.

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  1. 30 March 1987 Enacted
  2. 1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
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121A.Offences against the President’s person

Whoever compasses, imagines, invents, devises, or intends the death of or hurt to or imprisonment or restraint of the President, shall be punished with death, or with imprisonment for life and shall, if he is not sentenced to death, also be liable to fine.