Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)RegulationsRegulations Prescribing the Tariff of Allowances Payable to Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists who Appear as Witnesses in Court5. to 9. Supplementary provisions |
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| (1) | A psychiatrist or clinical psychologist who must attend a criminal case as a witness for the State and who cannot do so without prior financial assistance by the State, may make a request for such assistance at any magistrates office or High Court. |
| (2) | The court manager or the registrar of the High Court contemplated in subregulation (1) must make the necessary arrangements in respect of a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist contemplated in subregulation (1), including the authorisation for the payment of an advance to the person . |
| (3) | The financial assistance rendered in terms of subregulation (1) must be taken into account before payment of an allowance in terms of regulations 2 to 4 is made. |
| 6. | A psychiatrist or clinical psychologist who attends more than one criminal case as a witness at the same court on the same day is for the purposes of these regulations deemed to have attended one criminal case only. |
| 7. | Where the expenses incurred by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist in connection with his or her attendance at a criminal case are provided for from any other source, no allowance in terms of these regulations is to be paid to him or her. |
| 8. | The decision of the court manager or the registrar of a High Court in respect of the amounts payable in terms of regulations 2, 3 and 4 shall be final. |
| 9. | Government Notice No. R. 214 of 28 February 2002, is repealed. |