CHAPTER 4
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Protected prisoners of war in custody
12. (1) The court before which a protected prisoner of war is brought for trial for any offence—
(a) may remand that protected prisoner into the custody of the South African 20 National Defence Force ;
(b) must remand that protected prisoner into the custody of the South African National Defence Force if that protected prisoner is in custody for a period of longer than three months ; or
(c) must order the protected prisoner to remain in custody of the South African 25 National Defence Force if the prisoner is acquitted in order to ensure that such prisoner does not forfeit his or her rights in terms of the Third Convention, the Fourth Convention or Protocol I.
(2) A protected prisoner of war who is in the custody of the South African National Defence Force must be granted the protection of the Third Convention or the Fourth 30 Convention, as the case may be.
3. La persona sometida a detención provisional podrá ser puesta en libertad si el Estado requerido no hubiere recibido la solicitud de entrega y los documentos que la justifiquen, de conformidad con el artículo 91, dentro del plazo fijado en las Reglas de Procedimiento y Prueba. Sin embargo, el detenido podrá consentir en la entrega antes de que se cumpla dicho plazo siempre que lo permita el derecho interno del Estado requerido. En ese caso, el Estado requerido procederá a entregar al detenido a la Corte tan pronto como sea posible.