PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

Official Capacity of Suspect or Accused no Bar to Request
31. (1) The existence of any immunity or special procedural rule attaching to the official capacity of any person is not a ground for—
(a) refusing or postponing the execution of a request for surrender or other assistance by the ICC;
(b) holding that a person is ineligible for surrender, transfer, or removal to the ICC or another State under this Act; or

(c) holding that a person is not obliged to provide the assistance sought in a request by the ICC.
(2) Subsection (1) applies subject to sections 66 and 120, but notwithstanding any other enactment or rule of law.

Article 27
Irrelevance of official capacity
1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of
sentence.
2. Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.