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

Chapter 8 : Admission of Guilt Fine

57C. Expungement of criminal records of persons whose name appears in records of Criminal Record Centre of South African Police Service after having paid an admission of guilt fine for offences determined in terms of section 57B(1)
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(1) Where a person obtained a criminal record which appears in the database of the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (‘CRC’) after having paid an admission of guilt fine for an offence determined in terms of section 57B(1), the criminal record containing the conviction and sentence in question, of that person in respect of that offence must be expunged automatically by the CRC.

 

(2) Where the criminal record of a person referred to in subsection (1) has not been expunged automatically as provided for in that subsection, the criminal record of that person must, on his or her written application to the Director-General of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Develop-ment, be expunged in terms of the provisions of this Act.

 

[Section 57C inserted by section 10 of the Judicial Matters Amendment Act, 2023, Notice No. 4597, GG50430, dated 3 April 2024]