EXTRADITION ACT direct that all proceedings in connection with the extradition of the person in terms of this Act be postponed, as may be appropriate, until— (a) the criminal proceedings have been completed and the person concerned has undergone any punishment that may have been imposed upon him in respect of those proceedings; or (b) the person concerned has undergone the punishment that he was undergoing when the request was received; as the case may be: Provided that, if the Minister is satisfied— (a) that such postponement would— (i) lead to the prescription of the offence concerned in the country that requested the extradition; or (ii) otherwise not be in the interests of justice in the country that requested the extradition; and (b) whether from undertakings given by the country concerned or otherwise, that— (i) it will return the person to Zimbabwe as soon as proceedings in connection with the offence have been completed in that country; and (ii) adequate arrangements have been made for the custody of the person while he is in that country or for preventing his absconding from that country; the Minister shall issue an authority for the temporary extradition of the person in terms of this Act, or revoke any direction issued by him in terms of this section, as the case may be. 29 Concurrent requests for extradition If two or more requests, made by the governments of different countries, are received for the extradition of the same person in terms of this Act, the Minister shall, after taking into account all the circumstances and in particular— (a) the relative seriousness of the offences in question; and (b) the date on which each request was received; and (c) the nationality or citizenship of the person concerned and his place of residence; determine to which of the requests preference should be given, and shall— (i) decline to issue an authority to proceed in terms of this Act in respect of the other request or requests; or (ii) direct that no proceedings be instituted for the extradition of the person concerned in compliance with the other request or requests, or that any such proceedings that have already been instituted be terminated; as may be appropriate. 30 Search warrants Where a warrant for the arrest of a person in connection with any offence has been issued or endorsed in terms of this Act, any court and magistrate within whose jurisdiction the warrant may be issued or endorsed shall have the same power to issue a warrant to search for any property involved in the offence concerned as that court or magistrate would have had if the offence concerned had been committed within the jurisdiction of such court or magistrate. 31 Handling over of property (l) Where a person is extradited in terms of this Act, in respect of any offence, any magistrate may order that any property within his jurisdiction which may serve as proof of the offence and which was seized under the authority of a search warrant issued in terms of section thirty or which was in the possession of such person at the time of his arrest, shall be handed to the appropriate authorities of the foreign country or designated country concerned. (2) If any property which is the subject of an order made in terms of subsection (1) is— (a) property liable to seizure or confiscation in terms of any enactment; or (b) property in respect of which any person in Zimbabwe claims any title or interest; 669 [Chapter 9:08]