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120 No. 30599
Government Gazette, 14 December 2007

Act No. 32, 2007
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
No. and year of law Short title Extent of repeal or amendment

for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) When a court sentences a person to imprisonment for—

(a)

murder or any other offence which involves the intentional killing of a person;

(b)

rape or compelled rape as contemplated in sections 3 or 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, respectively;

(c)

robbery where the wielding of a fire-arm or any other dangerous weapon or the infliction of grievous bodily harm or the robbery of a motor vehicle is involved;

(d)

[assault of a sexual nature] sexual assault, compelled sexual assault or compelled self-sexual assault as contemplated in section 5, 6 or 7 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, respectively;

(e)

kidnapping; or

(f)

any conspiracy, incitement or attempt to commit any offence contemplated in paragraphs (a) to (e),

it shall inform—

(i)

the complainant; or

(ii)

in the case of murder or any other offence contemplated in paragraph (a), any immediate relative of the deceased,

if he or she is present that he or she has a right, subject to the directives issued by the Commissioner of Correctional Services under subsection (4), to make representations when placement of the prisoner on parole, on day parole or under correctional supervision is considered or to attend any relevant meeting of the parole board.”.


20. The amendment of section 335A—

(a)

by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
“(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine [not exceeding R1 500] or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding [one year] three years or to both such fine and such imprisonment if the person whose identity has been revealed is over the age of 18 years, and if such person is under the age of 18 years, to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both