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Southern African Development Community
HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.
In this Protocol, terms and expressions defined in Article 1 of the Treaty
shall bear the same meaning unless the context otherwise requires.
2.
In this Protocol, unless the context otherwise requires:
"confiscation"
means, a permanent deprivation of property by order
of a court or other competent authority and includes
forfeiture where applicable;
"offence"
means a fact or facts which constitute a crime under
the laws of State Parties;
"property"
means assets of any kind, whether corporeal or
incorporeal, movable or immovable, tangible or
intangible and any document or legal instrument
evidencing title to, or interest in such assets;
"Requested State" means a State being requested to extradite or to
provide assistance in terms of this Protocol;
"Requesting State" means a State making a request for extradition or
assistance in terms of this Protocol;
"sentence"
means any penalty or measure imposed or
pronounced by a court of competent jurisdiction as a
result of a criminal conviction;
"State Party"
means a Member State which has ratified or acceded
to this Protocol;
"Third State"
means any State other than the Requested State or
Requesting State.
Protocol on Extradition
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