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Director of Public Prosecutions v Roro (464/2015) [2015] ZAECGHC 98 (14 September 2015)
The High Court set aside a magistrate’s mental-health order made under section 78 and replaced it with detention as a state patient under section 77.
S v Maphuko (A180/15) [2015] ZAECBHC 17 (30 June 2015)
The High Court set aside a magistrate’s mental-observation proceedings because the panel was not properly constituted under section 79(1)(b) of the CPA.
De Vos N.O and Others v Minister of Justice And Constitutional Development and Others (CCT 150/14) [2015] ZACC 21; 2015 (2) SACR 217 (CC); 2015 (9) BCLR 1026 (CC) (26 June 2015)
The Constitutional Court held that section 77(6)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Criminal Procedure Act unjustifiably mandated detention of accused persons with mental disability.
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