CHAPTER 4
COOPERATION WITH AND ASSISTANCE TO COURT IN OR OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICA (ss 8-32)
Part 2
Judicial assistance to court (ss 14-32)
31 Designation of Republic as State in which sentences of imprisonment can be served
(1) In order to give effect to paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) of Article 103 of the Statute, the Cabinet member responsible for correctional services, must, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act-
(a) in consultation with the Cabinet; and
(b) with the approval of Parliament,
inform the Court, through the Central Authority, whether the Republic can be placed on the list of States willing to accept sentenced persons, and if so, of the conditions pertaining to such acceptance.
(2) The processes in respect of an acceptance and the conditions pertaining to such acceptance, as contemplated in subsection (1), apply with the necessary changes in respect of a revocation of such acceptance or a variation in the conditions pertaining to such acceptance.
(a) La pena privativa de libertad se cumplirá en un Estado designado por la Corte sobre la base de una lista de Estados que hayan manifestado a la Corte que están dispuestos a recibir condenados;
(b) En el momento de declarar que está dispuesto a recibir condenados, el Estado podrá poner condiciones a reserva de que sean aceptadas por la Corte y estén en conformidad con la presente Parte;
(c) El Estado designado en un caso determinado indicará sin demora a la Corte si acepta la designación.