EXTRADITION ACT (3) A person arrested in terms of a warrant referred to in subsection (1) which has been endorsed by a magistrate shall be brought before the magistrates court as soon as possible and the provisions of this Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of that person as if he had been arrested following a request for extradition made to an appropriate authority in Zimbabwe in terms of section four. 12 Provisional arrest (1) In this section— “provisional warrant” means a provisional warrant issued in terms of subsection (4). (2) Notwithstanding sections four and five, an extradition agreement may, subject to this section, provide for the provisional arrest of a person in respect of whom it is intended to make a request for extradition. (3) On receipt by the appropriate authority in Zimbabwe of a request in terms of an extradition agreement for the provisional arrest of a person, the appropriate authority may, if satisfied that such course is warranted in the circumstances, grant an authority to a magistrate to issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of the person concerned. (4) On receipt of an authority referred to in subsection (2) a magistrate shall issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of the person concerned. (5) A provisional warrant shall be executed by a police officer and shall be sufficient authority throughout Zimbabwe for the arrest and detention of the person named therein for the purposes of this section. (6) A person arrested in terms of a provisional warrant shall be brought before a magistrate as soon as possible and may be remanded by the magistrate, either in custody or on bail, for such period not exceeding fourteen days at any one time as the magistrate may direct. (7) If a person who has been arrested in terms of a provisional warrant is not arrested in terms of a warrant issued in terms of section five or eleven, as the case may be, within twenty-eight days of his arrest under the provisional warrant he shall be released from custody. (8) The provisions of sections 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to a provisional warrant. PART III EXTRADITION TO AND FROM DESIGNATED COUNTRIES 13 Declaration of designated countries (1) Where the Minister, after consultation with the Minister responsible for foreign affairs, considers it desirable to do so, he may, by order in a statutory instrument, declare any foreign country to be a designated country for the purposes of this Part and thereupon this Part shall, subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be specified in the order, apply in relation to such foreign country. (2) An order may be made in terms of subsection (1) whether or not the foreign country concerned has made any provision for the extradition of persons to Zimbabwe from that foreign country. 14 Offences to which Part III applies (1) Subject to this Act, a person may be arrested, detained and extradited from Zimbabwe to a designated country in the manner provided for in this Part, for an offence in respect of which in the designated country he is accused or has been convicted and is required to be sentenced or to undergo punishment, whether the offence was committed before or after the declaration of the country concerned as a designated country. (2) This Part shall apply to any offence which— (a) is punishable in the law of the designated country concerned by imprisonment for a period of twelve months or by any more severe punishment; and [Chapter 9:08] 662