28 Escaping (1) Any person who, being a person being kept in custody pursuant to a direction under subsection (1) of section twenty-seven, escapes from such custody, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years. (2) Sections 99 and 100 of the Prisons Act [Chapter 7:12] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, as if a reference in those sections to custody in respect of any offence against the law of Zimbabwe were a reference to custody pursuant to a direction in terms of subsection (1) of section twenty-seven. 29 Arrest of person in transit (1) Any police officer may, without warrant, arrest a person, if the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person was being held in custody pursuant to a direction under subsection (1) of section twentyseven and has escaped from such custody. (2) A person who has been arrested in terms of subsection (1) shall be returned to custody. PART VI P ROCEEDS OF CRIME 30 Request for enforcement of orders The Attorney-General may request an appropriate authority of a foreign country to which this Act applies to make arrangements for the enforcement of— (a) a forfeiture order made in Zimbabwe against property that is believed to be located in that country; or (b) a pecuniary penalty order made in Zimbabwe where some or all the property available to satisfy the order is believed to be located in that country; or (c) an interdict made in Zimbabwe against property that is believed to be located in that country; if the order is in respect of a specified offence. 31 Request for issue of orders in foreign countries Where criminal proceedings or criminal investigations have commenced in Zimbabwe in relation to a specified offence, the Attorney-General may request an appropriate authority of a foreign country to which this Act applies to direct the issue of a warrant, order or other instrument similar in nature to any of the following warrants and orders under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] in respect of the specified offence— (a) a search warrant for tainted property; (b) an interdict; (c) a production order in respect of a property-tracking document; (d) a search warrant in respect of a property-tracking document; or (e) a monitoring order. 32 Registration of orders (1) Where— (a) an appropriate authority of a foreign country requests the Attorney-General to make arrangements for the enforcement of— (i) a foreign forfeiture order made in respect of a foreign specified offence against property that is believed to be located in Zimbabwe; or (ii) a foreign pecuniary penalty order made in respect of a foreign specified offence where some or all of the property available to satisfy the order is believed to be located in Zimbabwe; and (b) the Attorney-General is satisfied that— (i) a person has been convicted of the offence; and (ii) the conviction and the order are not subject to appeal in the foreign country; the Attorney-General may, on application, obtain the registration of the order with the High Court. (2) Where an appropriate authority of a foreign country requests the Attorney-General to make arrangements for the enforcement of a foreign interdict issued in respect of a foreign specified offence against property that is believed to be located in Zimbabwe, the Attorney-General may, on application, obtain the registration of the order with the High Court. (3) If, on an application in terms of subsection (1) or (2), the High Court is satisfied from the documents filed on record, or from any other evidence, that the foreign forfeiture order, the foreign pecuniary penalty order or the foreign interdict, as the case may be— (a) was properly made against the person concerned; and (b) the person concerned was given an adequate opportunity to make representations in regard to the registration of any such order; the High Court may register the order.

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