South Africa

Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Act No. 27 of 2002)

Chapter 4
Cooperation with and assistance to Court in or outside Africa(ss 8-32)

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

11 Removal of persons surrendered

(1) Any person in respect of whom an order to be surrendered has been given under section 10 (5) or who agrees to his or her surrender, may be removed from the Republic in the custody of a person authorized by the Court to receive him or her and if the person escapes while being so removed, he or she may be arrested without a warrant by any person.

(2) Any person who-

(a) while being so removed, escapes or attempts to escape from custody; or

(b) rescues or attempts to rescue from custody any person being so removed,

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years.

Keywords

Escape - ICC proceedings



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