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Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)

Chapter 27 : Previous Convictions

271E. Regulations

 

The Minister—

(a) must make regulations regarding—
(i) the form on which a person’s written application for the expungement of his or her criminal record must be made, as provided for in section 271B(1)(a) and section 271C(2)(a) and (b);
(ii) the certificate of expungement to be issued by the Director-General: Justice and Constitutional Development or the Minister, as provided for in section 271B(2) and section 271C(3) and (5)(b); and
(iii) the manner in which the Director-General must submit certificates of expungement that have been issued, to the head of the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service, as provided for in section 271B(3) and section 271C(4); and
(b) may make regulations regarding any other matter which is necessary or expedient in order to achieve the objects of sections 271B, 271C and 271D.

 

[Section 271E inserted by section 3 of Act No. 65 of 2008]