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Section 324 — Return of warrant of execution

As in force on 31 December 2021.

Timeline 5 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 1 July 2014 Act 1 of 2014
  3. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  4. 28 June 2024 Act 41 of 2022
  5. 17 August 2026 Latest
Revised edition in force 31 December 2021

The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.

324.Return of warrant of execution

Where a death sentence has been carried out pursuant to a warrant issued under section 313(i), the Commissioner of Prisons who carried out the sentence must return the warrant to the court which issued it with an endorsement signed by the Commissioner, certifying that the sentence has been carried out.