Section 201: Right of appeal
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
201. Right of appeal
(1) (a) Where a person in respect of whom an order to enter into a
recognisance has been made by any Court, other than the Supreme Court,
did not plead guilty or admit the truth of the information, that person shall
have a right of appeal against that order to the Supreme Court, in the same
manner as if he had been convicted of the offence charged.
(b) The District and Intermediate Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act
shall apply to an appeal under this subsection.
(2) On the hearing of an appeal under subsection (1) or of a case stated,
the Supreme Court shall have, in addition to the powers exercisable under
the District and Intermediate Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act, the power of
amending, altering or cancelling any of the conditions specified in the
recognisance entered into by the offender under this Act.
(3) On the hearing of an appeal or a case stated, the Supreme Court may
exercise the power as to the absolute or conditional discharge, of the
offender, which is by this Act vested in the Court hearing the original charge.
[S. 201 amended by s. 3 (1) (f) of Act 11 of 2007 w.e.f. 21 July 2007.]