CHAPTER 9:06
CRIMINAL MATTERS (MUTUAL ASSISTANCE) ACT
Act 13/1990, 22/2001 (s. 4)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
P RELIMINARY
Section
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Short title.
Interpretation.
Application of Act.
Aspects of mutual assistance.
Act not to prevent other provision of mutual assistance.
Refusal of assistance.
Assistance may be conditional.
Requests by Zimbabwe.
Request for assistance by foreign country.
PART II
A SSISTANCE IN RELATION TO TAKING OF EVIDENCE AND P RODUCTION OF D OCUMENTS OR OTHER ARTICLES
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Requests by Zimbabwe.
Request for evidence, etc., by foreign country.
PART III
ASSISTANCE IN R ELATION TO SEARCH A ND S EIZURE
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Requests by Zimbabwe for search and seizure.
Requests by foreign countries for search and seizure.
PART IV
ARRANGEMENTS F OR PERSONS TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR ASSIST IN INVESTIGATIONS
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Request for removal of certain persons to Zimbabwe.
Arrangements between Attorney-General and the Minister in relation to custody of certain persons.
Custody of certain persons.
Immunities.
Status of person prosecuted for offence committed after departure from foreign country.
Limitation on use of evidence given by certain persons.
Conditions of imprisonment.
Release of certain persons upon request by foreign country.
Escaping.
Arrest of person who has escaped from custody.
Requests for giving of evidence at hearing in foreign countries.
Requests for assistance in relation to investigations in foreign countries.
Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoner’s term of imprisonment.
PART V
C USTODY OF PERSONS IN T RANSIT
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Transit.
Escaping.
Arrest of person in transit.
PART VI
P ROCEEDS OF CRIME
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Requests for enforcement of orders.
Requests for issue of orders in foreign countries.