Section 13D: Participation of victim in sentencing hearing
This section is inserted by Act No 17 of 2023, section 14.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
13D. Participation of victim in sentencing hearing
(1) Where a person has been convicted of an offence
under this Act, the Court shall allow a victim, if he so desires, to
make a statement, whether in writing or orally, at the hearing on
sentence under section 132A of the Criminal Procedure Act, in
relation to the impact which the offence had on him and his family,
as well as any loss which he has suffered as a result of being a victim
of that offence.
(2) The Court may take into consideration a statement
under subsection (1) for the purpose of sentencing the person
convicted of an offence under this Act and for the purpose of
awarding compensation under section 16.
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