(4) If the High Court is not satisfied as provided in subsection (3), it may adjourn the proceedings or make such other order as will enable the person concerned to make representations in regard to the registration of the order. (5) The High Court may regard any evidence adduced in a foreign court as conclusive of any matter or fact stated in the documents. (6) A foreign forfeiture order registered with the High Court in terms of this section shall have effect, and may be enforced. as if it were a forfeiture order made by a court under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] at the time of registration. (7) A foreign pecuniary penalty order registered with the High Court in terms of this section shall have effect, and may be enforced, as if it were a pecuniary penalty order made by a court under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] at the time of registration and requiring the payment to Zimbabwe of the amount payable under the order. (8) A foreign interdict registered with the High Court in terms of this section shall have effect, and may be enforced, as if it were an interdict made by a court under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] at the time of registration. (9) Where any order is registered with the High Court in terms of this section, any amendments made to the order, whether before or after registration, may be registered in the same way as the order and amendments shall not, for the purposes of this Act and the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] have effect until they are registered. (10) A copy of the appropriate order or amendment sealed or authenticated by the court or other authority making that order or amendment or a copy of that order or amendment duly authenticated in accordance with subsection (2) of section thirty-nine, shall be filed with the High Court on registration of the order or amendment. (11) A sealed or authenticated copy of an order or amendment shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act as the same as the sealed or authenticated original copy but registration effected by means of a copy shall cease to have effect at the end of twenty-one days unless the sealed or authenticated original copy has been subsequently registered. (12) The Attorney-General may apply to the High Court for the cancellation of any registration made in terms of this section. (13) Without limiting the generality of subsection (12), the Attorney-General may apply for a cancellation in terms of that subsection if he is satisfied that— (a) the order has ceased to have effect in the foreign country in which it was made; or (b) cancellation of the order is appropriate having regard to the arrangements entered into between Zimbabwe and the foreign country in relation to the enforcement of orders of the kind. (14) Where an application is made to the High Court for cancellation of a registration in terms of subsection (12), the High Court shall cancel the registration accordingly. 33 Requests for search and seizure warrants in respect of tainted property (1) Where— (a) criminal proceedings or criminal investigations have commenced in a foreign country in respect of a foreign specified offence; and (b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that tainted property in relation to the offence is located in Zimbabwe; and (c) the appropriate authority of the foreign country requests the Attorney-General to obtain the issue of a search warrant under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] in relation to the tainted property; the Attorney-General may, in writing, authorize a police officer to apply to a magistrate of a specified province for the search warrant requested by the appropriate authority of the foreign country. (2) The province shall be the province in which the tainted property, or some or all of the tainted property, is believed to be located. 34 Requests for interim interdicts Where— (a) criminal proceedings have commenced in a foreign country in respect of a foreign specified offence; and (b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that tainted property that may be made, or is about to be made, the subject of an interdict is located in Zimbabwe; and (c) the appropriate authority of the foreign country requests the Attorney-General to obtain the issue of an interdict under the Serious Offences (Confiscation of Profits) Act [Chapter 9:17] against the property; the Attorney-General may authorize an application to the High Court for the issue of the interdict requested by the appropriate authority of the foreign country.

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