The International Crimes Act, 2008
Further provisions
relating to
certificate.
147. (1) If a certificate issued under section 145
orders that a person be taken into custody, the certificate
is sufficient authority for a member of the police force to
arrest the person and take him into custody.
(2) A person who is taken into custody under this
section shall, unless sooner released, be brought before a
Judge of the High Court—
(a) as soon as possible; and
(b) after that, every twenty-one days while the
certificate is in force,
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to determine, in accordance with subsection (3), if the
person should be detained in custody or released pending
the decisions referred to in section 145.
(3) If a person is brought before a Judge of the High
Court under subsection (2), the Judge may, if the Judge is
satisfied that the person is the person named in the
certificate—
(a) issue a warrant for the detention of the person in
custody if the Judge is satisfied that, if not
detained, the person is likely to abscond; or
(b) order the release of the person subject to such
conditions, if any, that the Judge thinks fit.
(4) A warrant for the detention of the person issued
under subsection (3) (a) may authorise the detention of
the person in a prison or any other place in which a
person could be detained under section 38.
Removal order.
148. (1) A removal order made by the Minister under
this section—
(a) may either—
(i) require the person who is the subject of the
order to be released into or taken into the
custody of a member of the police force; or
(ii) if the person is not in custody, authorise any
member of the police force to take the person
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