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Section 4: Prosecution by aggrieved party

Criminal Procedure Act

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4. Prosecution by aggrieved party (1) In any case of crime or of misdemeanour triable before the Supreme Court, the Director of Public Prosecutions may, on the complaint of an aggrieved party, institute a prosecution on behalf and at the expense of the State. (2) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions has declined to institute a prosecution under subsection (1), the aggrieved party or his representative may, subject to section 5, institute a prosecution. [S. 4 amended by Act 48 of 1991.]

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