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.
Chapter 4
Cooperation with and assistence to Court in or outside South Africa
Part 1
Cooperation with court: arrest of persons and their surrender to court (ss 8-13)
9 Provisional warrants of arrest
(1) Where the Central Authority receives a request from the Court for the provisional arrest of a person who is suspected or accused of having committed a crime contemplated in the Statute or who has been convicted by the Court, the Central Authority must immediately forward the request to the National Director to apply for a warrant of arrest for that person.
(2) On an application by the National Director, or a person designated by him or her, stating under oath or affirmation that he or she has reason to believe that-
(a) the request of the Court has been made on grounds of urgency for the arrest of a person who is suspected or accused of having committed a crime contemplated in the Statute or who has been convicted by the Court;
(b) a warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction against the person in question exists;
(c) a formal request for the surrender of the person to the Court will be made later;
(d) the person concerned is in or on his or her way to the Republic; and
(e) the purpose of the arrest is to bring the person concerned before the Court or to take him or her to a place where he or she is to undergo imprisonment under a sentence of the Court, as the case may be,
a magistrate may issue a warrant for the arrest of that person and notify the Central Authority that a warrant has been issued.
(3) Any warrant endorsed in terms of section 8 or issued in terms of subsection (2) must be in the form and executed in a manner as near as possible to what may be prescribed in respect of warrants of arrest in general by or under the laws of the Republic relating to criminal procedure.
1. En cas d'urgence, la Cour peut demander l'arrestation provisoire de la personne recherchée en attendant que soient présentées la demande de remise et les pièces justificatives visées à l'article 91.
2. La demande d'arrestation provisoire est faite par tout moyen laissant une trace écrite et contient :
a) Le signalement de la personne recherchée, suffisant pour l'identifier, et des renseignements sur le lieu où elle se trouve probablement ;
b) L'exposé succinct des crimes pour lesquels la personne est recherchée et des faits qui seraient constitutifs de ces crimes, y compris, si possible, la date et le lieu où ils se seraient produits ;
c) Une déclaration affirmant l'existence à l'encontre de la personne recherchée d'un mandat d'arrêt ou d'un jugement établissant sa culpabilité ; et
d) Une déclaration indiquant qu'une demande de remise de la personne recherchée suivra.
3. Une personne provisoirement arrêtée peut être remise en liberté si l'État requis n'a pas reçu la demande de remise et les pièces justificatives visées à l'article 91 dans le délai prescrit par le Règlement de procédure et de preuve. Toutefois, cette personne peut consentir à être remise avant l'expiration de ce délai si la législation de l'État requis le permet. Dans ce cas, l'État requis procède aussitôt que possible à sa remise à la Cour.
4. La mise en liberté de la personne recherchée prévu au paragraphe 3, est sans préjudice de son arrestation ultérieure et de sa remise si la demande de remise accompagnée des pièces justificatives est présentée par la suite.