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There is no fixed bail amount for drug possession in South Africa. The Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 sets no tariff, and no magistrate ...

To convict someone of assault in South Africa, the State must prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that the accused unlawfully and intentionally applied force to the ...

South African law has no single crime called gender-based violence, so there is no single minimum sentence for it. Sentencing follows the specific offence charged: ...

There is no fixed price for bail in South Africa. Bail is a security, not a fine: the amount is set by the police, a ...

There is no minimum sentence for domestic violence in South Africa. The Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 is mainly a civil remedy that gives ...

A life sentence for murder in South Africa means imprisonment for the offender’s natural life, with the first possibility of parole only after 25 years. ...

South African law sets no single minimum jail time for murder in general, but the Criminal Law Amendment Act 105 of 1997 prescribes a minimum ...

There is no prescribed minimum sentence for assault in South Africa. Common assault and assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm are common-law offences ...