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(INSERT TITLE) by (INSERT FULL NAMES AND UNISA STUDENT NUMBER) Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree LLB In the SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF MG KARELS (PORTFOLIO / ASSIGNMENT 03: ) 2018 1 ACADEMIC HONESTY DECLARATION 1. I understand what academic dishonesty entails and am aware of Unisa’s policies in this regard. 2. I declare that this assignment is my own, original work. Where I have used someone else’s work, I have indicated this by using the prescribed style of referencing. Every contribution to, and quotation in this assignment from the work or works of other people has been referenced according to the prescribed style. 3. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing it off as his or her own work. 4. I did not make use of another student’s work and submit it as my own. NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………………. SIGNATURE: ……………………………………………………………………………. STUDENT NUMBER: …………………………………………………………………… MODULE CODE: .................................................................................................... DATE: ………………………………………………………………………………. RESEARCH THEME SELECTED: ……………………….……………………………. MARK RECEIVED FOR ASSIGNMENT 01: …………………………………………. MARK RECEIVED FOR ASSIGNMENT 02: …………………………………………... 2 CONTENTS: ACADEMIC HONESTY DECLARATION.....................................................................2 1. WORKING TITLE..................................................................................................4 2. RESEARCH INTRODUCTION..............................................................................4 3. PROBLEM STATEMENT.......................................................................................4 4. HYPOTHESIS........................................................................................................5 5. POINTS OF DEPARTURE AND ASSUMPTIONS................................................5 6. CONCEPTUALISATION OF CENTRAL RESEARCH THEMES..........................6 6.1 Child................................................................................................................6 6.2 Child Offender.................................................................................................6 6.3 Mental Health Status.......................................................................................6 6.4 Mental Illness...................................................................................................7 6.5 Mental Health Assessment.................................................................................7 7. PROPOSED CHAPTER OUTLAY.........................................................................7 8. PROJECTED TIME-FRAME FOR SUBMISSION.................................................8 9. DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.............................................9 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY..............................................................................................10 3 1. WORKING TITLE INSERT THE TITLE OF YOUR RESEARCH. 2. RESEARCH INTRODUCTION BELOW IS AN EXAMPLE. YOU MUST SUBSTITUTE WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION. This research product intends to provide an in-depth explanation on the criminal trial of mentally ill accused persons in the South African criminal justice system and to compare these with the criminal court procedures applicable to mentally ill accused persons in Canada. In order to explain the criminal procedures applicable to the trial of a mentally ill accused person, the researcher critically investigates and analyses selected provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act,1 the Child Justice Act2 and gives due regard to the case of De Vos NO and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others,3 especially in light of the constitutionality of the selected provisions. The intention of this research is to provide advice on the protection of fair-trial rights of mentally ill accused persons by way of comparison and to provide recommendations which hope to advance the rights of mentally ill accused persons in South Africa. Further to the above, this research product aims to highlight certain inadequacies within the current South African legal framework as it relates specifically to the processing of a mentally ill child offender. 1 51 of 1977. 2 75 of 2008. 3 De Vos NO and Another v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others 2015 (1) SACR 18 (WCC).