CPR3701 Exam -Questions and Answers 100% Pass|Verified
True - ✔✔The Constitutional Court has final jurisdiction in respect of all matters.
True - ✔✔There are exceptions to the rule that South African courts may only exercise
jurisdiction in
respect of offences which occurred on South African territory only
False - ✔✔South Africa follows a system of compulsory prosecution.
False - ✔✔A prosecutor may stop a prosecution without the permission of the DPP.
False - ✔✔An indictment is a document which is used to bring an accused before court in
both lower
and high courts.
False - ✔✔The taking of fingerprints essentially violates the accused's right to remain silent.
True - ✔✔The function of further particulars is to define issues and not to enlarge them.
True - ✔✔One of the salient features of traditional plea bargaining is where an accused
pleads guilty
in exchange for charges being withdrawn against a co-accused.
False - ✔✔The phrase 'course of the criminal trial' refers to the procedures which must be
followed
during the pre-trial stage.
False - ✔✔The principle of 'equality of arms' essentially implies that an unrepresented
accused must,
during the proceedings enjoy better opportunities than a well-resourced prosecution.
, True - ✔✔Open justice can be equated with the concept that justice must be "seen to be
done".
False - ✔✔Open justice is protected by the right to a fair trial and is an absolute right.
False - ✔✔The court cannot exclude any member of the public from the trial of an adult
accused.
True - ✔✔In cases where a witness for the state is about to abscond, the prosecutor may
apply for
a warrant of arrest and have the said witness detained pending the trial.
True - ✔✔Co-accused are ordered numerically
True - ✔✔The prosecution decides the numerical order of co-accused at a trial.
True - ✔✔The court can of its own accord raise the issue of separation.
True - ✔✔The principle of legality is constitutionally entrenched.
True - ✔✔The principle of equality of arms is founded on equal opportunities being
available to both
the state and the defence to prove their respective cases.
True - ✔✔The merits of a case are the cardinal point of the court's considerations when
determining whether to convict or acquit.
True - ✔✔Where required, the entire judgment of the court must be translated into a
language that
True - ✔✔The Constitutional Court has final jurisdiction in respect of all matters.
True - ✔✔There are exceptions to the rule that South African courts may only exercise
jurisdiction in
respect of offences which occurred on South African territory only
False - ✔✔South Africa follows a system of compulsory prosecution.
False - ✔✔A prosecutor may stop a prosecution without the permission of the DPP.
False - ✔✔An indictment is a document which is used to bring an accused before court in
both lower
and high courts.
False - ✔✔The taking of fingerprints essentially violates the accused's right to remain silent.
True - ✔✔The function of further particulars is to define issues and not to enlarge them.
True - ✔✔One of the salient features of traditional plea bargaining is where an accused
pleads guilty
in exchange for charges being withdrawn against a co-accused.
False - ✔✔The phrase 'course of the criminal trial' refers to the procedures which must be
followed
during the pre-trial stage.
False - ✔✔The principle of 'equality of arms' essentially implies that an unrepresented
accused must,
during the proceedings enjoy better opportunities than a well-resourced prosecution.
, True - ✔✔Open justice can be equated with the concept that justice must be "seen to be
done".
False - ✔✔Open justice is protected by the right to a fair trial and is an absolute right.
False - ✔✔The court cannot exclude any member of the public from the trial of an adult
accused.
True - ✔✔In cases where a witness for the state is about to abscond, the prosecutor may
apply for
a warrant of arrest and have the said witness detained pending the trial.
True - ✔✔Co-accused are ordered numerically
True - ✔✔The prosecution decides the numerical order of co-accused at a trial.
True - ✔✔The court can of its own accord raise the issue of separation.
True - ✔✔The principle of legality is constitutionally entrenched.
True - ✔✔The principle of equality of arms is founded on equal opportunities being
available to both
the state and the defence to prove their respective cases.
True - ✔✔The merits of a case are the cardinal point of the court's considerations when
determining whether to convict or acquit.
True - ✔✔Where required, the entire judgment of the court must be translated into a
language that
