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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