'Competing request - same conduct - State party' in document 'Trinidad&Tobago - ICC Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART IV
ARREST AND SURRENDER OF PERSON TO ICC

Restrictions on Surrender

62. (2) If the request is one to which subsection (1)(b) relates, then, pending the ICC’s determination no person may be surrendered under that Act unless the ICC makes its decision on admissibility and determines that the case is inadmissible.

PART IV
ARREST AND SURRENDER OF PERSON TO ICC

Restrictions on Surrender

62. (1) If section 61 applies and the requesting State is a party to the Statute, priority must be given to the request from the ICC if—
(a) the ICC has, under article 18 or 19 of the Statute, made a determination that the case

in respect of which surrender is sought is admissible and that the determination takes into account the investigation or prosecution conducted by the requesting State in respect of its request for extradition; or
(b) the ICC makes such a determination after receiving notification of the competing request.

(2) If the request is one to which subsection (1)(b) relates, then, pending the ICC’s determination no person may be surrendered under that Act unless the ICC makes its decision on admissibility and determines that the case is inadmissible.