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CHAPTER 4
COOPERATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE TO COURT IN OR OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICA (ss 8-32)
Part 1
Cooperation with court: arrest of persons and their surrender to court (ss 8-13)
10 Proceedings before competent court after arrest for purposes of surrender
(3) The magistrate holding the enquiry must proceed in the manner in which a preparatory examination is held under Chapter 20 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), and has, for the purposes of holding the inquiry, the same powers as he or she would have had in respect of a preparatory examination so held, including the power to commit any person for further detention or to release such person on bail.
Article 59
Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
3. The person arrested shall have the right to apply to the competent authority in the custodial State for interim release pending surrender.