'Priority of Rome Statute over national law' in document 'Georgia - Law amending Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:

1. Article 6:
a) heading shall be drafted as follows:
"Article 6. Extradition and surrender of the Criminal"
b) Paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of article 6 shall be drafted as follows:
“1. The citizen of Georgia as well as the stateless person permanently residing in Georgia shall in no way be extradited to the other state for criminal prosecution or for serving a sentence unless otherwise provided by the International Treaty of Georgia. Surrender of the citizen of Georgia as well as the stateless person permanently residing in Georgia to the International Criminal Court (ICC) shall be carried out in cases and in manner provided by the Statute (the Rome Statute) of the International Criminal Court and the law of Georgia on “Cooperation of Georgia with the International Criminal Court”.

2. The citizen of a foreign state as well as the stateless person being on the territory of Georgia, may be extradited to another state or surrendered to the ICC for criminal prosecution or for serving a sentence in manner and to the extent determined by the International Agreement of Georgia.“