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

Part 2
Judicial assistance to court (ss 14-32)

14 Areas of cooperation and judicial assistance

The relevant competent authorities in the Republic must, subject to the domestic law of the Republic and the Statute, cooperate with, and render assistance to, the Court in relation to investigations and prosecutions in the following areas:

(d) the service of documents, including judicial documents

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

Part 2
Judicial assistance to court (ss 14-32)

21 Service of process and documents

(1) Upon receipt of a request by the Court for assistance in effecting the service of process or documents, except a summons contemplated in section 19 (1), the Central Authority must send the request, together with the process or documents, to the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service for service on the person concerned.

(2) The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service must cause the process or documents to be served on the person concerned in the manner specified in the request.

(3) The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service must send the return of service to the Central Authority for transmission to the Court.

Article 93
Other forms of cooperation
1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:
(d) The service of documents, including judicial documents