Department to address issue of criminal records for those who break Covid-19 rules

The justice department will deal with the problem of those who have paid admission of guilt fines — including for violations of Covid-19 regulations — now having criminal records.

Swart said that after just 21 days of lockdown there were already more than 107,000 cases with more than 118,000 charged with Covid-19 regulation violations, in many cases on “trivial” charges. He added that having a criminal record could affect a person’s ability to get a job in future. He said that in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, individual magistrates were allowed to set amounts for admission of guilt fines. There was no national uniformity on that, however.

Lamola said the justice department would meet stakeholders representing the National Prosecuting Authority and Legal Aid SA to discuss the development of a proposed national case backlog management plan. It would also be discussed with the lower court judiciary.

S11E11B11A Eish..I miss the Republic of South Africa😣😣😣

Criminal records and fines for breaking the rules set out by the (questionable) nccc? Is that even possible?

All irrational fines and arrests must must be expunged completely

That would be perfect....imagine someone beaten during L5 then having a criminal record,smacked of double jeopardy,unfortunately others dead!

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