Witness Protection Act, 1998
R 385
Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Act, 2012 (Act No. 8 of 2012)Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction and Status7. Jurisdiction |
| 1) | Any court in the Republic may try a person for any offence under this Act in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in the area of jurisdiction of that court, notwithstanding that the act or omission to which the charge relates was committed outside the Republic. |
| 2) | The Cabinet member responsible for the administration of justice must, in consultation with the Chief Justice of South Africa and after consultation with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, in writing designate an appropriate Court to try a person contemplated in subsection (1). |
| 3) | Whenever this Act is enforced outside the Republic, any finding, sentence, penalty, fine or order made, pronounced or imposed in terms of its provisions is as valid and effectual, and must be carried into effect, as if it had been made, pronounced or imposed in the Republic. |
| 4) | Nothing in this Act must be construed as precluding the prosecution of any person accused of having committed a breach under customary international law before this Act took effect. |
