(1) The complaint shall describe the offence in the words of the enactment creating the offence, or in similar words, with a specification, so far as may be practicable, of the time and place when and where the offence was committed, and a reference to the section of the enactment creating the offence.
(2) Where an offence is created by more than one section of one or more enactments, it shall only be necessary to specify or refer to the leading section of such enactments or one of the leading sections.
(3) Where, contrary to subsection (1), there is no reference in the complaint to the section of the enactment or where there is an error in the citation of the section, the Court may, at any time amend the complaint and the omission or error shall not invalidate the proceedings.
(Amended by Act 11 of 2008)