after sentence has been pronounced, a warrant under the seal of the court must be made out for the person sentenced to be committed to the custody of the Director of Prisons in accordance with such prescribed form;

the warrant shall be full authority to the Director of Prisons, or any officer appointed by him for that purpose, for receiving into his custody and detaining the person sentenced until he receives the court’s further warrant or order;

in cases in which notice of appeal or notice of an application for leave to appeal is not given within the prescribed period, the trial Judge who tried the accused must, within a reasonable time after that period has elapsed, send to the Minister a copy of the notes of evidence taken at the trial, with a report in writing signed by him stating whether, in his opinion, there are any reasons (and, if so, what reasons) why the death sentence should or should not be carried out;

in cases where notice of appeal is given or notice of an application for leave to appeal is given, the trial Judge must forward to the Court of Appeal the notes of evidence and report referred to in paragraph (c), within a reasonable time after being notified by the Registrar of the Supreme Court that the notice has been given;

if the Court of Appeal dismisses the appeal or the application for leave to appeal, as the case may be, then the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge must, within a reasonable time, forward to the Minister the notes of evidence and report, stating whether he agrees with the trial Judge, together with a notification of the decision of the Court of Appeal and also any report on the case that the Court of Appeal may think fit to make, signed by the Chief Justice or other presiding Judge;

the President must, acting in accordance with the Constitution —

on receiving the copy of the President’s order the High Court must, if the sentence is to be carried out, cause a warrant to be issued under the seal of the Court and signed by the trial Judge, or in his absence any other High Court Judge, setting out the time and place of execution as prescribed in the order of the President;

the President may, at any time before the warrant is carried out, order a respite of the execution of the warrant and afterwards appoint some other time or other place for its execution;

the warrant must be directed to the Director of Prisons who must carry out the sentence in accordance with law;

there must be present at the execution of the sentence the superintendent of the prison, a medical officer of the prison, and any other prison officers that the Director of Prisons requires;

there may also be present a minister of religion in attendance at the prison and any other persons that the Director of Prisons thinks proper to admit;

immediately after the death sentence has been carried out, the medical officer of the prison present must examine the body of the person executed, ascertain the fact of death and sign a death certificate and deliver it to the Director of Prisons;

within 24 hours after the execution, a Coroner must hold an inquiry as provided under the Coroners Act 2010 (Act 14 of 2010) and satisfy himself of the identity of the body and whether the sentence of death was duly carried out;

a copy of the Coroner’s findings must be forwarded to and filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court and another must be forwarded to and filed in the office of the Minister;

where a sentence of death is avoided by the escape of the person sentenced to death, the sentence must be carried out at such other time after his recapture that the High Court then orders;

no omission or error as to time and place and no defect in form in any order or warrant given under this section, and no omission to comply with paragraphs (j) to (n) may be held to make illegal any execution carried out or intended to have been carried out under the order or warrant or make illegal any execution that would otherwise have been legal.