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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BILL


To amend the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 so as to provide for police powers to obtain information, documents or data held by certain institutions; to provide for access to, search and seizure of any information, documents or electronic records; to provide for arrangements for giving of evidence through audio-visual link or similar electronic transmission; to provide for the postponement of criminal proceedings through audio-visual links; to include the requirements for audio-visual appearance by accused persons and to provide for the protection of communication between the accused person and the legal representative; to include requirements for the technical requirements for audio-visual links in courtrooms; to provide for the furnishing of evidence to a magistrate without the need for appearance; to provide for the application to criminal proceedings of certain provisions of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2019 relating to data messages and computer evidence; to provide for police powers to use traps or undercover operations and for the admissibility of evidence obtained from such traps or undercover operations; and to provide for incidental matters.


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Motivation_by_Hon_Dausab_on_the_Criminal_Procedure_Amendment_Bill.pdf
Minutes on CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AMENDMENT BILL

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