'National procedures for execution of cooperation request' in document 'Trinidad&Tobago - ICC Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Miscellaneous Provisions

178. (1) If the Attorney General receives a request for assistance from the ICC to which Part V relates, the Attorney General may give a certificate certifying all or any of the following facts:
(a) that a request for assistance has been made by the ICC;
(b) that the request meets the requirements of this Act; and
(c) that the acceptance of the request has been duly made under and in accordance with this Act.

(2) In any proceeding under this Act, a certificate purporting to have been given under subsection (1) is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, sufficient evidence of the matters certified by the certificate.

179. The President may make Regulations for all or Regulations any of the following purposes:
(a) prescribing the procedure to be followed in dealing with requests made by the ICC, and providing for notification of the results of action taken in accordance with any such request;
(b) prescribing the procedures for obtaining evidence or producing documents or other articles in accordance with a request made by the ICC;
(c) providing for the payment of fees, travelling allowances, and expenses to any person in Trinidad and Tobago who gives or provides evidence or assistance pursuant to a request made by the ICC;
(d) prescribing conditions for the protection of any property sent to the ICC pursuant to a request made under this Act, and making provision for the return of property in Trinidad and Tobago in accordance with a request;
(e) prescribing the forms of applications, notices, certificates, warrants, and other documents for the purposes of this Act, and requiring the use of such forms; and
(j) providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.