Report: European Convention on Extradition, dated 22 May 2002:
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, having considered the request for approval by Parliament of the European Convention on Extradition, referred to it, recommends that the House, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, approve the said Protocol, with the declaration that:
(1) the Republic of South Africa, for the purposes of Article 2 of the Convention, shall not extradite any person unless the punishment awarded for a conviction in respect of which he or she is being sought, is a sentence of imprisonment of at least six months; and
(2) for the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention, the term "nationals" is defined, in terms of South Africa's legal system, as persons who have acquired South African citizenship by means of birth, descent or naturalisation. This includes persons with citizenship of South Africa and of another country. These persons will all be liable to be extradited. South Africa's acceptance of dual citizenship will therefore not bar the extradition of a person where he or she is also in possession of a citizenship of a country which prohibits the extradition of its nationals.