• If the Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development is satisfied that you or the child being applied for meet the requirements set out in the Criminal Procedure Act, he/she will instruct the SAPS Record Centre to issue a letter of expungement directing that your conviction and sentence be expunged. This process takes approximately three months. The SAPS record centre will then remove/expunge the criminal record from the database and issue the letter submit within 14 working days after being directed by the Department of Justice to do so. The process usually takes three to four months to complete.
