International War Crimes Tribunals Act, 1998
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Request for provisional arrest. |
10.—(1) An international tribunal may make a request for the provisional arrest, on grounds of urgency, of a person who— | |
(a) is accused by it of having committed an international tribunal crime, | ||
(b) has been convicted by it of such a crime, or | ||
(c) is suspected by it of having committed such a crime. | ||
(2) The request shall be in writing and shall include— | ||
(a) as accurate a description as possible of the person who is the subject of the request, together with any other information which will help to establish his or her identity, and | ||
(b) a statement of each international tribunal crime in relation to which the request is made, specifying, as accurately as possible, the time and place of the commission of the crime. | ||
(3) Where the Minister subsequently receives from an international tribunal that has made a request under this section the original or a certified copy of a warrant of arrest indicating— | ||
(a) that the person who is the subject of the request under this section has been accused or convicted by that tribunal of an international tribunal crime, and | ||
(b) the purpose of the arrest, | ||
the request under this section shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as though it were a request for that person's surrender. | ||
(4) Subsection (3) shall apply even though the person was accused or convicted of the international tribunal crime after the making of the request under this section. | ||
(5) A request treated by virtue of subsection (3) as a request for the surrender of a person shall not be certified under section 8 until the Minister receives from the international tribunal— | ||
(a) the information referred to in section 5 (2)(b)(ii) and (iii), and | ||
(b) any information or documents requested under section 5 (3) in relation to that person. |