Nel v Le Roux
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nel-v-le-roux-247-14954666
title:
Nel v Le Roux
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Nel v Le Roux NO and Others is a 1996 decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in the area of criminal procedure. The Constitutional Court dismissed a constitutional challenge to section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977, which allowed judicial officers to compel witnesses to provide evidence in pre-trial examinations. The court held unanimously that the summary imprisonment of recalcitrant witnesses in section 205 examinations was consistent with the Interim Constitution.
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nel_v_Le_Roux
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2024-03-09T02:35:54Z
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