Section 51: Verdict
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51. Verdict
(1) The verdict of the jury shall be in ordinary cases “Guilty” or “Not
Guilty”.
(2) The jury may, if they so desire in any particular case, return instead a
special verdict, setting out the facts which they find to have existed in the
case before them, with an alternative conclusion of “Guilty” or “Not Guilty”
according as the Court may determine the matter of law arising from the
facts so found.
[S. 51 amended by Act 29 of 1992.]
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