(DHA-1726) Form 31

NOTICE TO A FOREIGNER OF THE INTENTION TO APPLY TO COURT FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS/HER DETENTION

[Section 7(1)(g) read with section 34(1)(d); Regulation 33(4)(a)]

To: ....................................................................................... (name and surname of detainee) detained at ............................................................................................................... (name of detention facility).

You are hereby notified that in view of the fact that your detention pending the execution of the warrant for your deportation to ......................................................................(destination) issued on ........./.........../.......... (date) is likely to exceed 30 calendar days on ........./.........../...........(date) for the reasons mentioned in the affidavit on the reverse side of this notice, I am, in terms of section 34(1)(d) of the Act, submitting the matter for consideration to the Magistrate at .....................................................(place) on or before .........../.........../..........(date).

You are entitled to make a written representation to a magistrate of the court who will rule on your extended detention and you are requested to provide me with such representations on or before........................................(date). If you require assistance, you may approach the head of the institution where you are being detained.

IMMIGRATION OFFICER'S PARTICULARS

Name and Surname: .....................................................................................................................

Appointment number: .................................................................................................................

Rank/position ..............................................................................................................................

Office: ....................................................... Province: ..................................................................

SUPERVISOR'S PARTICULARS

Name and Surname: .....................................................................................................................

Rank/position...............................................................................................................................

Contact No.: Tel: ..........................................................................................................................

CERTIFICATE BY INTERPRETER

I, ...........................................................................................................(name and surname) of ..............................................................................................................................................(*business/residential address) hereby confirm that I have mastered ............................................................................. (state language) and that I have explained to .................................................................................................. (name and surname of detainee) the contents of this notice in the said language and that I am satisfied that the said foreigner fully understands it.

*Delete which is not applicable

REVERSE SIDE OF FORM 31

AFFIDAVIT

I .......................................................................................................(name and surname of deponent) *state herewith under oath/solemnly declare that—

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...................................................................................................................(provide reasons);

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I append hereto certified copies of the following documentation as proof of my endeavours to expedite the deportation of the said detainee:

(a)        ............................................................................................................................................

(b)        ............................................................................................................................................

(c)        ............................................................................................................................................

Signed at .................................................on this ............. day of ...................................... 20 ..........

Thus signed and *sworn/solemnly affirmed before me on this ........... day of ........................ 20...........

CERTIFICATE OF OATH/AFFIRMATION

I, ________________________________ (name and surname of Commissioner/designation) ___________________________________, hereby certify that before administering the prescribed *oath/solemn declaration, u put the following questions to the deponent and noted *his/her reply in his/her presence:

The deponent has acknowledged that he/she knows and understands the contents of the declaration; this declaration was duly *sworn to/solemnly affirmed before me and the deponent’s signature was appended thereon in my presence.

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[Form 31 substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 1328, GG 42071, dated 29 November 2018]