Johannesburg - Police have until Tuesday to comply with subpoenas instructing them to hand evidence to the Scorpions for their case against police chief Jackie Selebi, the NPA said on Monday.
Subpoenas were issued to secure the evidence, with Tuesday January 27 as the deadline. The deadline was extended to February 17 after an agreement reached at the Randburg Magistrate's Court last month.
NPA spokesman Tlali Tlali said he was unable to comment on whether police would comply with the deadline saying: "We will have to wait and see."
The NPA recently served subpoenas on the police in terms of Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act for the purposes of "finalising outstanding aspects of the investigation".
"The subpoenas relate to persons from whom co-operation is sought, and they have been served on them," read a press release relating to media reports on the matter.
Section 205 can compel a person to provide information sought during an investigation.
Selebi appeared in the same court last year in the course of an investigation into corruption, fraud and defeating the ends of justice.
His trial will start in the Johannesburg High Court in April.
An inquiry last year into the suspension of NPA head Vusi Pikoli was told that the NPA was struggling to gather the evidence it needed in order to pursue their case against Selebi. - Sapa