Chapter 4
Cooperation with and assistence to Court in or outside South Africa

Part 1
Cooperation with court: arrest of persons and their surrender to court (ss 8-13)

8 Endorsement of warrants of arrest

Chapter 4
Cooperation with and assistence to Court in or outside South Africa

Part 1
Cooperation with court: arrest of persons and their surrender to court (ss 8-13)

8 Endorsement of warrants of arrest

(1) Any request received from the Court for the arrest and surrender of a person for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued by the Court must be referred to the Central Authority and accompanied by such documents as may be necessary to satisfy a competent court in the Republic that there are sufficient grounds for the surrender of that person to the Court.

(2) The Central Authority must immediately on receipt of that request, forward the request and accompanying documents to a magistrate, who must endorse the warrant of arrest for execution in any part of the Republic.

Chapter 4
Cooperation with and assistence to Court in or outside South Africa

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

(1) Any person who detains a person under a warrant of arrest or a warrant for his or her further detention must, within 48 hours after that person's arrest or on the date specified in the warrant for his or her further detention, as the case may be, bring that person before a magistrate in whose area of jurisdiction he or she has been arrested or detained, whereupon that magistrate must, with a view to the surrender of that person to the Court, hold an inquiry in order to establish whether-

(a) the warrant applies to the person in question;

(b) the person has been arrested in accordance with the procedures laid down by domestic law; and

(c) the rights of the person, as contemplated in Chapter 2 of the Constitution, have been respected, if, and the extent to which, they are or may be applicable.

(2) The magistrate may at any time during the inquiry postpone that inquiry for purposes of consultation between the relevant authorities of the Republic and the Court where any problem is experienced with the execution of any request of the Court for cooperation or judicial assistance.

(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.

(4) Any deposition, statement made under oath or an affirmation, whether or not it was made in the presence of the person referred to in subsection (1), or any document, record or judgment of conviction or any warrant issued by the Court, or any copy or sworn translation thereof, may be received in evidence at any such inquiry, but a copy or sworn translation thereof may only be received in evidence if such document is certified as a true copy or translation thereof by a judge of the Court or by a member of the staff of the Court authorised thereto by such judge.

(5) If, after considering the evidence adduced at the inquiry referred to in subsection (1), the magistrate is satisfied that the requirements of subsection (1) (a) to (c) have been complied with and that the person concerned may be surrendered to the Court-

(a) for prosecution in the Court for the alleged crime;

(b) for the imposition of a sentence by the Court for the crime in respect of which the person has been convicted;

(c) to serve a sentence already imposed by the Court,

the magistrate must issue an order committing that person to prison pending his or her surrender to the Court.

(6) The magistrate issuing the order of committal contemplated in subsection (5) or postponing the inquiry as contemplated in subsection (2), must immediately forward to the Central Authority a copy of the order or reasons for the postponement, together with any other necessary report.

(7) The inquiry contemplated in this section may be dispensed with if the person concerned agrees in writing to his or her surrender to the Court.

(8) (a) No order for the surrender of any person may be executed-

(i) before the period allowed for an appeal as contemplated in this section has expired, unless that person has waived his or her right of appeal in writing; or

(ii) before such an appeal has been disposed of.

(b) Any person against whom an order has been issued under subsection (5) may, within seven days after the date of the order, appeal to a High Court having jurisdiction against a decision of the magistrate whether one or more of the requirements referred to in subsection (1) (a) to (c) have been complied with.

(c) The National Director may, within seven days after the date of a decision of a magistrate not to issue an order committing a person to prison pending his or her surrender to the Court, as contemplated in subsection (5), appeal against such a decision to a High Court having jurisdiction.

(d) On appeal such High Court must make a decision whether the requirements referred to in subsection (1) (a) to (c), as appealed against, have been complied with and make an order which, in the opinion of the High Court in question, the magistrate should have made in the first place.

(e) If an appeal in terms of-

(i) paragraph (b) is upheld, the Registrar of the High Court concerned must notify the magistrate in question accordingly, who must, in turn, immediately cancel the order referred to in section 10 (5), notify the Court thereof through the Central Authority and cause the person who lodged the appeal to be released from custody if he or she is in detention;

(ii) paragraph (c) is upheld, the Registrar of the High Court concerned must notify the magistrate in question accordingly, who must, in turn, after causing sufficient notice to be given to the person in question and to the National Director, inform the person in question of the order of the High Court.

(f) Notice to the person in question as contemplated in paragraph (e) (ii) must be a written notice to that person calling upon him or her to appear at a stated place and time on a stated date in order that the magistrate can inform the person of the order of the High Court, as contemplated in paragraph (e) (ii), whereupon the provisions of sections 54 (2) and 55 (1) and (2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), apply with the necessary changes.

(g) The Rules Board for Courts of Law established by section 2 of the Rules Board for Courts of Law Act, 1985 (Act 107 of 1985), must, within six months after the date of commencement of this Act, make and implement rules of procedure which provide for the expeditious and urgent finalisation of an appeal contemplated in this section.

(h) Any rule made under paragraph (g) must, before publication thereof in the Gazette, as contemplated in section 6 (4) of the Rules Board for Courts of Law Act, 1985, be approved by Parliament.

(9) The fact that the person to be surrendered is a person contemplated in section 4 (2) (a) or (b) does not constitute a ground for refusing to issue an order contemplated in subsection (5).

Article 59
Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
2. A person arrested shall be brought promptly before the competent judicial authority in the custodial State which shall determine, in accordance with the law of that State, that:
(a) The warrant applies to that person;
(b) The person has been arrested in accordance with the proper process; and
(c) The person's rights have been respected.