Pretoria wants the power to decide whether to detain leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court.
"In June we'll be submitting the law in parliament," Obed Bapela, a deputy minister in the South African presidency, told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme.
Under its current laws, South Africa is obliged to arrest Mr Putin if he arrives on its shores, as it is a member of the ICC. South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance , has launched a court application to compel the authorities to arrest Mr Putin should he arrive in August.This refers to article 98 of the Rome Statue, the treaty which established the court in 2002.
The deputy minister also lashed out at the ICC for its "double standards", saying the late Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president, would have been disappointed by the war crimes court.
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