Chapter 1
Definitions, Objects and Interpretation of an Act (ss 1-3)
3 Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are:
(d) to enable, as far as possible and in accordance with the principle of complementarity as referred to in Article 1 of the Statute, the national prosecuting authority of the Republic to prosecute and the High Courts of the Republic to adjudicate in cases brought against any person accused of having committed a crime in the Republic and beyond the borders of the Republic in certain circumstances.
Chapter 2
Jurisdiction of South African Courts and Institution od Prosecutions in South African Courts in Respect of Crimes (ss 4-5)
4 Jurisdiction of South African courts in respect of crimes
(3) In order to secure the jurisdiction of a South African court for purposes of this Chapter, any person who commits a crime contemplated in subsection (1) outside the territory of the Republic, is deemed to have committed that crime in the territory of the Republic if
(c) that person, after the commission of the crime, is present in the territory of the Republic
CHAPTER 5
MISCELLANEOUS (ss 33-40)
37 Offences against administration of justice in terms of Statute
(1) Any person who-
(b) outside the territory of the Republic and who-
(iii) after the commission of the offence, is present in the territory of the Republic;
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;
(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.