Section 24: Examination of witnesses

24. Examination of witnesses (1) The Magistrate to whom a request has been forwarded in terms of section 22 (4) shall cause the person whose evidence is required to be summoned to appear before him to give evidence or to produce any book, document or object. (2) On the appearance of that person, the Magistrate shall administer an oath to him and take the evidence of that person. (3) On completion of the examination of the witness, the Magistrate taking the evidence shall, as soon as possible, transmit to the Attorney-General the record of the evidence certified by him to be correct, together with a certificate setting out the costs incurred in connection with the execution of the International Criminal Court’s request, including any extraordinary costs which have emanated from the execution of that request. (4) Where the services of an interpreter were used at the examination of the witness, the interpreter shall certify that he has translated truthfully and to the best of his ability and that certificate shall accompany the documents referred to in subsection (3). (5) The Attorney-General shall, on receipt of the documents referred to in subsections (3) and (4), submit them to the Registrar of the International Criminal Court, indicating which costs emanating from the execution of the request, in his opinion, should be borne by the International Criminal Court in terms of Article 100 of the Statute.