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Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 33 of 2004)

Direction by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service in terms of Section 12 (3) of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004

 

Notice No. R. 474

20 May 2005

 

I, Jacob Sello Selebi, in my capacity as the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service hereby, in terms of section 12(4)(a) of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 33 of 2004), publish the direction contemplated in section 12(3) in the Schedule.

 

The manner in which a police official takes down a report contemplated in section 12(1) of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2004), hereinafter referred to as "the Act", must be as follows:

 

(1) Any police official who receives a report from a person as contemplated in section 12(1) of the Act must—
(a) take down the report in the format of the form contained in Annexure A;
(b) as soon as possible open an enquiry on the South African Police Service CAS System; and
(c) forthwith provide the person who made the report with an acknowledgement of receipt reflecting the relevant CAS number, in the format of the form contained in Annexure B which will serve as a unique reference number for future enquiries and official purposes.

 

(2) After the report has been taken down as contemplated in paragraph 1 (a), it must without delay be faxed to a Central Reporting Office situated at the Divisional Commissioner: Detective Service, South African Police Service, Pretoria as well as a Central Reporting Office situated at the Divisional Commissioner: Crime Intelligence, South African Police Service, Pretoria.

 

(3) The responsibilities of the Central Reporting Offices include the following:
(a) To ensure that access to the facsimile machines involved is limited to police officials designated by the respective Divisional Commissioners mentioned above and such designated police officials only, are responsible to deal with reports that have been taken down as contemplated in paragraph 1.
(b) To promote the confidentiality and integrity of the reporting system.

 

(4) The Divisional Commissioner: Detective Service, must ensure that an investigator contacts the person who made the report and takes down a complete affidavit, which could serve as a basis for a police investigation into the report.

 

 

J.S. SELEBI

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE