4 No. 40946 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29 JUNE 2017 Act No. 4 of 2017 Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2017 4 evidence available the accused committed the act in question, order that such information or evidence be placed before the court as it deems fit so as to determine whether the accused has committed the act in question and the court [shall] may direct that the accused— (i) in the case of a charge of murder or culpable homicide or rape or compelled rape as contemplated in [sections] section 3 or 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, respectively, or a charge involving serious violence or if the court considers it to be necessary in the public interest, where the court finds that the accused has committed the act in question, or any other offence involving serious violence, be— (aa) detained in a psychiatric hospital [or a prison]; (bb) temporarily detained in a correctional health facility of a prison where a bed is not immediately available in a psychiatric hospital and be transferred where a bed becomes available, if the court is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so on the grounds that the accused poses a serious danger or threat to himself or herself or to members of the public, pending the decision of a judge in chambers in terms of section 47 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002; (cc) admitted to and detained in a designated health establishment stated in the order as if he or she were an involuntary mental health care user contemplated in section 37 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002; 5 10 15 20 (dd) released subject to such conditions as the court considers 25 (ee) appropriate; or referred to a Children’s Court as contemplated in section 64 of the Child Justice Act, 2008 (Act No. 75 of 2008), and pending such referral be placed in the care of a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult or, failing that, placed in temporary safe care as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005); or in the case where the court finds that the accused has committed an offence other than one contemplated in subparagraph (i) or that he or she has not committed any offence be— (aa) [be] admitted to and detained in [an institution] a designated health establishment stated in the order as if he or she were an involuntary mental health care user contemplated in section 37 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002[,]; 30 35 (ii) (bb) released subject to such conditions as the court considers 40 appropriate; released unconditionally; or (cc) (dd) referred to a Children’s Court as contemplated in section 64 of the Child Justice Act, 2008, and pending such referral be placed in the care of a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult or, failing that, placed in temporary safe care as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act, 2005, and if the court so directs after the accused has pleaded to the charge, the accused shall not be entitled under section 106(4) to be acquitted or to be convicted in respect of the charge in question. (b) If the court makes a finding in terms of paragraph (a) after the accused has been convicted of the offence charged but before sentence is passed, the court shall set the conviction aside, and if the accused has pleaded guilty it shall be deemed that he or she has pleaded not guilty.’’; and 45 50 55 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29 JUNE 2017 No. 40946 5 Strafproseswysigingswet, 2017 Wet No. 4 van 2017 5 tensy dit op ’n oorwig van waarskynlikheid bewys kan word dat op die beperkte getuienis beskikbaar, die beskuldigde die gewraakte handeling gepleeg het, gelas dat die inligting of getuienis voor die hof geplaas word wat hy goeddink ten einde vas te stel of die beskuldigde die gewraakte handeling gepleeg het en kan gelas dat die beskuldigde— (i) in die geval van ’n aanklag van moord of strafbare manslag of verkragting of gedwonge verkragting soos onderskeidelik beoog in artikel 3 of 4 van die Wysigingswet op die Strafreg (Seksuele Misdrywe en Verwante Aangeleenthede), 2007, of ’n aanklag waarby ernstige geweld betrokke is of waar dit na die hof se oordeel in die openbare belang nodig is, indien die hof bevind dat die beskuldigde die gewraakte handeling of enige ander misdryf waarby ernstige geweld betrokke is, gepleeg het[,]— (aa) (bb) in ’n psigiatriese hospitaal [of ’n gevangenis] aangehou word; tydelik in ’n korrektiewe gesondheidsfasiliteit van ’n gevang- enis aangehou word waar ’n bed nie onmiddellik in ’n psigiatriese hospitaal beskikbaar is nie en oorgeplaas moet word sodra ’n bed beskikbaar word, indien die hof van oordeel is dat dit noodsaaklik is om so te doen op grond daarvan dat die beskuldigde ’n ernstige gevaar of bedreiging vir sigself of vir lede van die publiek inhou, (ii) hangende die beslissing van ’n regter in kamers ingevolge artikel 47 van die ‘Mental Health Care Act, 2002’; (cc) opgeneem en aangehou word by ’n in die bevel vermelde aangewese gesondheidsinstelling asof hy of sy ’n ‘involuntary mental health care user’ soos beoog in artikel 37 van die ‘Mental Health Care Act, 2002’, is; (dd) ontslaan word onderworpe aan sulke voorwaardes wat die hof nodig ag; of (ee) verwys word na ’n ‘Children’s Court’ (‘Kinderhof’) soos beoog by artikel 64 van die ‘Child Justice Act’, 2008 (Wet No. 75 van 2008), en hangende sodanige verwysing in die sorg van ’n ouer, voog of ander gepaste persoon geplaas word of, by gebrek daaraan, in ‘temporary safe care’ (‘tydelike veilige sorg’) soos omskryf in artikel 1 van die ‘Children’s Act’, 2005 (Wet No. 38 van 2005), geplaas word; of in die geval waar die hof bevind dat die beskuldigde ’n ander misdryf as die een bedoel in subparagraaf (i) gepleeg het of dat hy of sy geen misdryf gepleeg het nie— (aa) opgeneem en aangehou word by ’n in die bevel vermelde [inrigting] aangewese gesondheidsinstelling asof hy of sy ’n ‘involuntary mental health care user’ beoog in artikel 37 van die ‘Mental Health Care Act, 2002’, is[,]; (bb) ontslaan word onderworpe aan sodanige voowaardes wat die hof nodig ag; (cc) onvoorwaardelik ontslaan word; of (dd) verwys word na ’n Kinderhof soos beoog by artikel 64 van die ‘Child Justice Act’, 2008, en hangende sodanige verwysing in die sorg van ’n ouer, voog of ander gepaste persoon geplaas word of, by gebrek daaraan, in tydelike veilige sorg soos omskryf in artikel 1 van die ‘Children’s Act’, 2005, geplaas word, en indien die hof aldus gelas nadat die beskuldigde op die aanklag gepleit het, is die beskuldigde nie kragtens artikel 106(4) geregtig om ten opsigte van die betrokke aanklag vrygespreek of skuldig bevind te word nie. (b) Indien die hof ’n bevinding ingevolge paragraaf (a) maak nadat die beskuldigde aan die ten laste gelegde misdryf skuldig bevind is maar voordat vonnis opgelê word, stel die hof die skuldigbevinding tersyde, en indien die beskuldigde skuldig gepleit het, word daar geag dat hy of sy onskuldig gepleit het.’’; en 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za