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1958. Criminal Procedure Amendment Act No 9

Section 4 of this act extended the number of capital crimes from three (murder, treason and rape) to four by adding robbery and housebreaking with aggravating circumstances (Dugard 1978: 125). "Aggravating circumstances are constituted by the infliction of or threat of serious bodily harm in the case of robbery and by the possession of a dangerous weapon or assault in the case of housebreaking" (Dugard 1978: 125, note 70).

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