Chief magistrates across the country have begun to publish updated lockdown admission of guilt penalties.
The schedules are based on provincial and magistrate districts and are in line with the new level 3 lockdown regulations, introduced in June and July.
The South African Police Service can give a person who has been arrested on suspicion of a less serious crime an option to pay an admission of guilt fine.
Such a fine allows a person to admit guilt for a less serious offence without having to appear in court, thereby preventing an unnecessary overload of the court system.
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