Cannabis for Private Purposes Act 7 of 2024
A criminal record for a joint shouldn't outlast the law that created it.
ClearPath Justice automates the expungement process the CPPA promises — so people carrying old cannabis convictions aren't left to navigate the system alone.
47%
of cannabis possession prosecutions were withdrawn by the NPA —
evidence the courts, not just applicants, are already treating these cases as spent.
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s.5(1) — Automatic
Use and possession convictions under the 1971 Act, 1992 Act, or a pre-1993 homeland law are meant to be expunged without an application.
s.5(2) — By application
Dealing convictions resting on the quantity-based presumption of dealing can be expunged, but only through an application.
s.5(2)(d) — Diversion records
Child diversion records held by the Director-General of Social Development are a distinct, still-developing pathway.