Penal Code 1871

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Section history

Section 254

By amendment Consolidated

As in force on 1 March 2022.

Timeline 5 versions

30 March 1987 Enacted
1 February 2008 Act 51 of 2007
30 November 2008 Revised edition
1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
1 March 2022 You are here
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254.

[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019]