Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
R 385
Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)Chapter 5 : Arrest39. Manner and effect of arrest |
| (1) | An arrest shall be effected with or without a warrant and, unless the person to be arrested submits to custody, by actually touching his body or, if the circumstances so require, by forcibly confining his body. |
| (2) | The person effecting an arrest shall, at the time of effecting the arrest or immediately after effecting the arrest, inform the arrested person of the cause of the arrest or, in the case of an arrest effected by virtue of a warrant, upon demand of the person arrested hand him a copy of the warrant. |
| (3) | The effect of an arrest shall be that the person arrested shall be in lawful custody and that he shall be detained in custody until he is lawfully discharged or released from custody. |
