Part I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter IX
MEASURES FOR SECURING THE PRESENCE OF A DEFENDANT AND UNDISTURBED CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

1. General Provisions

Article 165
(1) Measures facilitating the presence of a defendant and undisturbed conduct of criminal proceeding are summons, compulsory appearance, provision of movement and other limitations, bail and detention.
(2) When deciding on which of the mentioned measures to apply, the court having jurisdiction shall observe the conditions determined for application of each measure
and shall take into account not to apply a more severe measure if a lenient measure may achieve the same purpose.
(3) These measures shall also be vacated ex officio when the reasons for their application have ceased to exist, or shall be replaced with other lenient measure when the conditions for that have been met.
(4) The provisions of Articles 166, 167 and 168, paragraph 6 of the present Code shall accordingly be applied to the defendant.

Part I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter IX
MEASURES FOR SECURING THE PRESENCE OF A DEFENDANT AND UNDISTURBED CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDING

2. Summons
Article 166
(1) The presence of the defendant in criminal proceedings shall be provided by serving him with summons. The summons shall be issued by an authority in charge of the criminal proceedings.
(2) The defendant shall be summoned by means of serving a sealed written summons containing: the indication of the summoning authority, the first name and surname of the defendant, statutory title of the criminal offence he is charged with, the place, date and hour of appearance, information that the addressee is being summoned as a defendant and the warning that in the case of his failure to appear he shall be brought in by force, the official seal and the first name and surname of the judge who is serving the summons.
(3) When summoned for the first time, the defendant shall be informed of his right to retain a defense counsel and of the right to have the defense counsel present during the interrogation.
(4) The defendant is bound immediately to notify the court of changes of his address as well as of his intention to change his place of residence. The defendant shall be instructed thereon at his first interrogation, or at the time the indictment without investigation is served (Article 258) or when the motion to indict or a private charge is served, and shall be warned of the consequences prescribed by the present Code.
(5) If the defendant is unable to appear due to illness or other unavoidable impediment, he shall be interrogated at the place where he is or transportation to the court or other location where the action is being carried out shall be provided.
(6) If a defendant has a defense counsel, the authority conducting the proceedings may, when it estimated that such summoning is justified and not in collision with the fair conduct of the criminal proceedings (Article 1, paragraph 1), after having been summoned for the first time pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, summon
the defendant trough the notice to his defense counsel, and the defendant shall be instructed thereof in the first summons.
(7) Defendant may be summoned pursuant to the Article 108, paragraph 2 of the present Code, after being summoned for the first time pursuant to paragraph 2 of the present Article.
3. Compulsory Appearance
Article 167
(1) A warrant for compulsory appearance may be issued by a court if a ruling on detention is issued or if a duly summoned defendant fails to appear and fails to justify his absence or if it was not possible to duly serve the summons and the circumstances clearly indicate that the defendant is evading the receipt of the summons.
(2) A warrant for compulsory appearance shall be executed by the police.
(3) A warrant for compulsory appearance shall be issued in a written form. A warrant shall contain: the first name and surname of the defendant who is to be brought in, the place and year of birth, statutory title of the criminal offence he is charged with along with the indication of the relevant provision of the Criminal Code, the ground for the issuance of the warrant for compulsory appearance, the official seal and the signature of the judge who issued the warrant.
(4) The person to whom the execution of the warrant is conferred shall serve it to the defendant and shall invite the defendant to accompany him. If the defendant refuses to comply he shall be brought in by force.
(5) The warrant for compulsory appearance issued against military personnel, members of the police authorities and penitentiary staff shall be executed by their headquarters, .i.e. institution.

Part II
THE COURSE OF PROCEEDINGS

A. CRIMINAL OFFENSE REPORT, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Chapter XIX
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATION ON CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Finding a person in the act of committing a criminal offense (Civil arrest)
Article 266
(1) Everyone may deprive of liberty a person who is in the act of committing a criminal offense subject to ex officio public prosecution.
(2) The person found during the commission of a criminal offense is:
1) Person found in the actual act of committing a criminal offense
2) Person captured by another person who was an eye witness to the commission of a criminal offense, as a perpetrator or an accomplice of the criminal offense
3) Person found immediately after the commission of a criminal offense with a weapon or an object connected with the criminal offense, or another object that directly appoints to participation in the criminal offense committed
4) Person on whom there are obvious traces of participation in the recently committed criminal offense
(3) The person deprived of liberty must be immediately brought before the Investigative Judge or police authority and if this is not possible, one of these authorities must be immediately informed thereof. The police authority shall immediately notify Public Prosecutor and proceed pursuant to Article 262 of the present Code.
(4) When the person deprived of liberty was transferred to the Investigative Judge, or was brought before him by the police authority, Investigative Judge shall immediately notify the Public Prosecutor, if the police authority has not already done so, therefore interrogate person deprived of liberty in the capacity of a suspect in the presence of the Public Prosecutor, pursuant to Article 263 of the present Code.
(5) Public Prosecutor may immediately after the interrogation of a suspect, or after the interrogation of a person from paragraph 6 of the present Article, submit a Request for conducting proceedings before the Investigative Judge pursuant to Article 469 of the present Code.
(6) Investigative judge shall interrogate a person who handed over person deprived of liberty during the commission of the criminal offense in the capacity of a witness pursuant to the Article 109 of the present Code. If the citizen handed over the person found in the act of commission of a criminal offense to the police authority, it shall secure that the citizen who consents to it be brought before the Investigative Judge, without delay and with the respect for his personality and dignity for the purpose of being interrogated as a witness.
Police authority acts upon finding a person at the site of commission of crime
Article 267
(1) The authorized police officials are entitled to send persons found at the site of the commission of a criminal offense to the Public Prosecutor or to hold them there until his arrival, if these persons may reveal information important for the criminal proceedings and if it appears likely that their examination at a later point might be impossible or might entail considerable delay or other difficulties. Such persons shall not be held at the site of the commission of a criminal offense longer than 6 hours.
(2) Persons from paragraph 1 of the present Article can be interrogated by Public Prosecutor pursuant to the Article 258 of the present Code.

Part III
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter XXXVII
PROCEEDINGS FOR ISSUANCE OF ARREST WARRANT AND NOTICE

Pursuit of the defendant and notification of his address
Article 542
If permanent or temporary address of the defendant is unknown, and where required pursuant to the provisions of the present Code, the court or Public Prosecutor shall request the police authority to look for the defendant and inform them on his address.
Issuance of arrest warrant
Article 543
(1) The issuance of arrest warrant may be ordered if the defendant is in flight and there is an order for his bringing or a decision on detention.
(2) Issuance of an arrest warrant is ordered by the court conducting the proceedings following the proposal of the Public Prosecutor or ex officio. In preliminary investigation and during investigation, the investigative judge shall order issuance of an arrest warrant, following the proposal of the Public Prosecutor. If the investigative judge does not agree with the proposal of the Public Prosecutor, the Trial Chamber referred to under Article 24, paragraph 6 hereof shall decide within 48 hours.
(3) The issuance of arrest warrant shall also be ordered if the defendant escapes from the institution where he is serving sentence regardless of the level of penalty, or from the institution where an institutional measure related to deprivation of liberty is enforced against him. In this case, the warden shall issue an arrest warrant.
(4) The order of the court or head of the institution for the issuance of an arrest warrant shall be delivered to the police authorities for execution.
Notice
Article 544
(1) Where information concerning particular objects related to a criminal offense is required or if these objects need to be located, and in particular if this is necessary to determine the identity of a corpse, it shall be ordered that a notice is published requiring that such information be communicated to the authority conducting the proceedings.
(2) The police authority may publish photographs of corpses and missing persons if there is reasonable suspicion that the death or disappearance of such persons was the result of a criminal offense.
Withdrawal of arrest warrant or notice
Article 545
The authority which ordered the issuance of arrest warrant or notice shall withdraw it immediately after the wanted person or object has been found, or after the statute of limitations for initiating prosecution or execution of penalty has expired, or due to other reasons for which the arrest warrant or notice is no longer necessary.
Issuance of arrest warrant or notice
Article 546
(1) An arrest warrant and notice shall be issued by the police authority located within the territory of the state authority before which criminal proceedings are conducted and of institution from which the person serving a sentence or institutional measure has escaped.
(2) Media may be used to inform the public of the arrest warrant and notice.
(3) If it is likely that the person on the wanted list is abroad, the Ministry of Internal Affairs may also issue an international arrest warrant, with the approval of the Ministry of Justice.

(4) Upon a request of a foreign authority, the Ministry of Internal Affairs may issue an arrest warrant for a person who is reasonably suspected to be in the Republic of Serbia, provided that the request states that extradition will be requested if such person is found.

Part One
GENERAL PART

Chapter VIII
MEASURES TO SECURE THE PRESENCE OF THE DEFENDANT AND FOR UNOBSTRUCTED CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

2. Specific Measures

e) Detention

a. Basic Provisions

Basic Rules on Ordering Detention
Article 210

Detention may be ordered only under the conditions specified in this Code and only if the same purpose cannot be achieved by another measure.

It is the duty of all authorities participating in criminal proceedings and authorities providing legal assistance for them to keep the duration of detention as short as possible and to act especially expeditiously if the defendant is in detention.

For the duration of the proceedings, detention will be revoked as soon as the reasons for which it was ordered cease to exist.

Reasons for Ordering Detention
Article 211

Detention may be ordered against a person for whom there exists grounded suspicion that he has committed a criminal offence if :

1) he is in hiding or his identity cannot be established or in the capacity of defendant he is clearly avoiding appearing at the trial or if there exist other circumstances indicating a flight risk ;
2) there exist circumstances indicating that he will destroy, conceal, alter or falsify evidence or traces of a criminal offence or if particular circumstances indicate that he will obstruct the proceedings by exerting influence on witnesses, accomplices or concealers ;
3) particular circumstances indicate that in a short period of time he will repeat the criminal offence, or complete an attempted criminal offence, or commit a criminal offence he is threatening to commit;
4) the criminal offence with which he is charged is punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than ten years or a term of imprisonment of more than five years for a criminal offence with elements of violence, or he has been sentenced by a court of first instance to a term of imprisonment of five years or more, and the way of commission or the gravity of consequences of the criminal offence have disturbed the public to such an extent that this may threaten the unimpeded and fair conduct of criminal proceedings.

In the case referred to in paragraph 1 item 1) of this Article, detention ordered solely because the identity of the person cannot be established lasts only until that identity is established, and detention ordered solely because a defendant obviously avoids appearing at the trial may last until the publication of the judgment. In the case referred to in paragraph 1 item 2) of this Article, detention will be revoked as soon as the evidence because of which detention was ordered is secured.

When it pronounces a judgment ordering a term of imprisonment of less than five years, the court may order detention for a defendant who is at liberty if the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 items 1) and 3) of this Article exist, and it will revoke detention for a defendant who is in detention if the reasons for which it was ordered no longer exist.

Deciding on Detention
Article 212

The court decides on ordering detention on a motion by the public prosecutor, and after the indictment is confirmed, also ex officio.

Before issuing the decision referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the court will question the defendant in connection with the reasons for ordering detention. The questioning may be attended by the public prosecutor and the defence counsel.

The court is required to inform in a suitable manner the public prosecutor and the defence counsel on the time and place of the defendant’s questioning. The questioning may also be performed in the absence of persons duly notified.

By exception from paragraph 2 of this Article, the decision ordering detention may be issued without questioning the defendant if the circumstances referred to in Article 195 paragraph 1 items 1) and 2) of this Code, or a danger of delays, exist.

If detention was ordered in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article, the court will within 48 hours of the hour of the arrest question the defendant in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article. After the questioning, the court will decided whether to leave the decision ordering detention in force or to repeal detention.

Ruling Ordering Detention
Article 213

Detention is ordered by a ruling of the competent court.

The ruling ordering detention contains : the first name and surname of the person being detained, criminal offence with which he is charged, legal basis for the detention, time for which detention is being ordered, time of the arrest, advice on a right to an appeal, substantiation of the grounds and reasons for ordering detention, official seal and signature of the judge who orders detention.

The ruling ordering detention is served to the defendant at the time of his arrest, or no later than 12 hours after he has been remanded to custody. The file must specify the date and hour of the arrest of the defendant and service of the ruling.

Detention during the Investigation
Article 214

Detention during the investigation may be ordered, extended or repealed by a ruling of the judge for preliminary proceedings or the panel (Article 21 paragraph 4).

The ruling extending or repealing detention is issued ex officio or on a motion of the parties and the defence counsel.

The parties and defence counsel may appeal against the ruling on detention to the panel (Article 21 paragraph 4). The appeal, ruling and other documents are immediately delivered to the panel. An appeal does not stay execution of the ruling.

A decision on the appeal is issued within 48 hours.

Duration of Detention during the Investigation
Article 215

Based on ruling of the judge for preliminary proceedings, a defendant may be kept in detention for a maximum of three months from the date of being deprived of liberty. The judge for preliminary proceedings is required, even without a motion by the parties or defence counsel, to examine at the end of each 30 days whether the reasons for detention still exist and to issue a ruling extending or repealing detention.

A panel of the immediately higher court (Article 21 paragraph 4) may, acting on a reasoned motion of the public prosecutor, for important reasons extend detention by a maximum of another three months.
An appeal is allowed against that ruling, but it does not stay execution of the ruling.

If no indictment is filed by the expiry of the time limits referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the defendant will be released.

Detention after an Indictment has been filed
Article 216

From the filing of the indictment to the court until the commitment of the defendant to serve a custodial criminal sanction, detention may be ordered, extended or repealed by a ruling of the panel.

The ruling ordering, extending or repealing detention is issued ex officio or on a motion of the parties and the defence counsel.

The panel is required even without a motion of the parties and the defence counsel to examine whether reasons for detention still exist and to issue a ruling extending or repealing detention, at the expiry of each 30 days until the indictment is confirmed, and at the expiry of each 60 days after the indictment is confirmed and up to the adoption of a first instance judgment.

If after the indictment is confirmed detention is repealed because there are no grounds for suspicion about the existence of a criminal offence, the court will examine the indictment in accordance with Article 337 of this Code.

The parties and the defence counsel may appeal against the ruling referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, and the public prosecutor may also appeal against a ruling denying a motion for ordering detention. The appeal, ruling and other documents are immediately delivered to the panel. An appeal does not stay the execution of the ruling.

Detention ordered or extended in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article may last until the commitment of the defendant to serve a custodial criminal sanction, but no longer than the expiry of the duration of the criminal sanction pronounced in the first-instance judgment.

Part Two
COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Chapter XV
PRE-INVESTIGATION PROCEEDINGS

2. Authority of the Authorities Conducting Pre-investigation Proceedings

Police Arrest
Article 291

The police may arrest a person if there exist a reason for ordering detention (Article 211), but it is required to take such a person without delay to the competent public prosecutor. When
bringing the person in, the police will submit to the public prosecutor a report on the reasons for and time of the arrest.

The person arrested must be advised of the rights referred to in Article 69 paragraph 1 of this Code.

If the taking of the arrested person [to the prosecutor] due to unavoidable obstacles lasted more than eight hours, the police are required to explain the delay in detail to the public prosecutor, about which the public prosecutor will draft an official note. The public prosecutor will enter in the note the arrested person’s statement about the time and place of the arrest.

Part Two
COURSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Chapter XV
PRE-INVESTIGATION PROCEEDINGS

2. Authority of the Authorities Conducting Pre-investigation Proceedings

Keeping a Suspect in Custody
Article 294

The public prosecutor may exceptionally keep in custody for the purpose of questioning a person arrested in accordance with Article 291 paragraph 1 and Article 292 paragraph 1 of this Code, as well as the suspect referred to in Article 289 paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Code, not more than 48 hours from the time of the arrest, or the response to a summons.

The public prosecutor, or upon his authorisation, the police, issues and serves a ruling on custody immediately, or not more than two hours after the suspect was told that he would be kept in custody. The ruling must specify the offence of which the suspect is accused, grounds for suspicion, date and time of deprivation of liberty or response to a summons, as well as time of commencement of the custody.

The suspect and his defence counsel are entitled to appeal against the ruling on custody within six hours of the delivery of the ruling. A decision on the appeal is issued by the judge for the preliminary proceedings within four hours of receiving the appeal. The appeal does not stay the execution of the ruling.

The suspect is entitled to the rights referred to in Article 69 paragraph 1 of this Code.

The suspect must have a defence counsel as soon as the authority conducting proceedings referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article issues a ruling on custody. If the suspect does not retain a defence counsel on his own within four hours, the public prosecutor will secure one for him ex officio, according to the order on the list of lawyers submitted by the competent bar association.

Article 87
Requests for cooperation: general provisions
1. (a) The Court shall have the authority to make requests to States Parties for
cooperation. The requests shall be transmitted through the diplomatic channel or any other
appropriate channel as may be designated by each State Party upon ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession.
Subsequent changes to the designation shall be made by each State Party in accordance
with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
(b) When appropriate, without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraph (a),
requests may also be transmitted through the International Criminal Police Organization or any
appropriate regional organization.
2. Requests for cooperation and any documents supporting the request shall either be in or be
accompanied by a translation into an official language of the requested State or one of the working
languages of the Court, in accordance with the choice made by that State upon ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession.
Subsequent changes to this choice shall be made in accordance with the Rules of
Procedure and Evidence.
3. The requested State shall keep confidential a request for cooperation and any documents
supporting the request, except to the extent that the disclosure is necessary for execution of the
request.
4. In relation to any request for assistance presented under this Part, the Court may take such
measures, including measures related to the protection of information, as may be necessary to
ensure the safety or physical or psychological well-being of any victims, potential witnesses and
their families. The Court may request that any information that is made available under this Part
shall be provided and handled in a manner that protects the safety and physical or psychological
well-being of any victims, potential witnesses and their families.
5. (a) The Court may invite any State not party to this Statute to provide assistance under
this Part on the basis of an ad hoc arrangement, an agreement with such State or any other
appropriate basis.
(b) Where a State not party to this Statute, which has entered into an ad hoc
arrangement or an agreement with the Court, fails to cooperate with requests pursuant to any such
arrangement or agreement, the Court may so inform the Assembly of States Parties or, where the
Security Council referred the matter to the Court, the Security Council.
6. The Court may ask any intergovernmental organization to provide information or
documents. The Court may also ask for other forms of cooperation and assistance which may be
agreed upon with such an organization and which are in accordance with its competence or
mandate.
7. Where a State Party fails to comply with a request to cooperate by the Court contrary to
the provisions of this Statute, thereby preventing the Court from exercising its functions and
powers under this Statute, the Court may make a finding to that effect and refer the matter to the
Assembly of States Parties or, where the Security Council referred the matter to the Court, to the
Security Council.

Article 88
Availability of procedures under national law
States Parties shall ensure that there are procedures available under their national law for
all of the forms of cooperation which are specified under this Part.

Article 89
Surrender of persons to the Court
1. The Court may transmit a request for the arrest and surrender of a person, together with the
material supporting the request outlined in article 91, to any State on the territory of which that
person may be found and shall request the cooperation of that State in the arrest and surrender of
such a person. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the procedure
under their national law, comply with requests for arrest and surrender.
2. Where the person sought for surrender brings a challenge before a national court on the
basis of the principle of ne bis in idem as provided in article 20, the requested State shall
immediately consult with the Court to determine if there has been a relevant ruling on
admissibility. If the case is admissible, the requested State shall proceed with the execution of the
request. If an admissibility ruling is pending, the requested State may postpone the execution of
the request for surrender of the person until the Court makes a determination on admissibility.
3. (a) A State Party shall authorize, in accordance with its national procedural law,
transportation through its territory of a person being surrendered to the Court by another State,
except where transit through that State would impede or delay the surrender.
(b) A request by the Court for transit shall be transmitted in accordance with
article 87. The request for transit shall contain:
(i) A description of the person being transported;
(ii) A brief statement of the facts of the case and their legal characterization;
and
(iii) The warrant for arrest and surrender;
(c) A person being transported shall be detained in custody during the period of
transit;
(d) No authorization is required if the person is transported by air and no landing is
scheduled on the territory of the transit State;
(e) If an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of the transit State, that State may
require a request for transit from the Court as provided for in subparagraph (b). The transit State
shall detain the person being transported until the request for transit is received and the transit is
effected, provided that detention for purposes of this subparagraph may not be extended beyond
96 hours from the unscheduled landing unless the request is received within that time.
4. If the person sought is being proceeded against or is serving a sentence in the requested
State for a crime different from that for which surrender to the Court is sought, the requested State,
after making its decision to grant the request, shall consult with the Court.

Article 90
Competing requests
1. A State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person under
article 89 shall, if it also receives a request from any other State for the extradition of the same
person for the same conduct which forms the basis of the crime for which the Court seeks the
person’s surrender, notify the Court and the requesting State of that fact.
2. Where the requesting State is a State Party, the requested State shall give priority to the
request from the Court if:
(a) The Court has, pursuant to article 18 or 19, made a determination that the case in
respect of which surrender is sought is admissible and that determination takes into account the
investigation or prosecution conducted by the requesting State in respect of its request for
extradition; or
(b) The Court makes the determination described in subparagraph (a) pursuant to the
requested State’s notification under paragraph 1.
3. Where a determination under paragraph 2 (a) has not been made, the requested State may,
at its discretion, pending the determination of the Court under paragraph 2 (b), proceed to deal
with the request for extradition from the requesting State but shall not extradite the person until the
Court has determined that the case is inadmissible. The Court’s determination shall be made on an
expedited basis.
4. If the requesting State is a State not Party to this Statute the requested State, if it is not
under an international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State, shall give priority
to the request for surrender from the Court, if the Court has determined that the case is admissible.
5. Where a case under paragraph 4 has not been determined to be admissible by the Curt, the
requested State may, at its discretion, proceed to deal with the request for extradition from the
requesting State.
6. In cases where paragraph 4 applies except that the requested State is under an existing
international obligation to extradite the person to the requesting State not Party to this Statute, the
requested State shall determine whether to surrender the person to the Court or extradite the
person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall consider all the
relevant factors, including but not limited to:
(a) The respective dates of the requests;
(b) The interests of the requesting State including, where relevant, whether the crime
was committed in its territory and the nationality of the victims and of the person sought; and
(c) The possibility of subsequent surrender between the Court and the requesting
State.
7. Where a State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender of a person
also receives a request from any State for the extradition of the same person for conduct other than
that which constitutes the crime for which the Court seeks the person’s surrender:
(a) The requested State shall, if it is not under an existing international obligation to
extradite the person to the requesting State, give priority to the request from the Court;
(b) The requested State shall, if it is under an existing international obligation to
extradite the person to the requesting State, determine whether to surrender the person to the Court
or to extradite the person to the requesting State. In making its decision, the requested State shall
consider all the relevant factors, including but not limited to those set out in paragraph 6, but shall
give special consideration to the relative nature and gravity of the conduct in question.
8. Where pursuant to a notification under this article, the Court has determined a case to be
inadmissible, and subsequently extradition to the requesting State is refused, the requested State
shall notify the Court of this decision.

Article 91
Contents of request for arrest and surrender
1. A request for arrest and surrender shall be made in writing. In urgent cases, a request may
be made by any medium capable of delivering a written record, provided that the request shall be
confirmed through the channel provided for in article 87, paragraph 1 (a).
2. In the case of a request for the arrest and surrender of a person for whom a warrant of
arrest has been issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber under article 58, the request shall contain or be
supported by:
(a) Information describing the person sought, sufficient to identify the person, and
information as to that person’s probable location;
(b) A copy of the warrant of arrest; and
(c) Such documents, statements or information as may be necessary to meet the
requirements for the surrender process in the requested State, except that those requirements
should not be more burdensome than those applicable to requests for extradition pursuant to
treaties or arrangements between the requested State and other States and should, if possible, be
less burdensome, taking into account the distinct nature of the Court.
3. In the case of a request for the arrest and surrender of a person already convicted, the
request shall contain or be supported by:
(a) A copy of any warrant of arrest for that person;
(b) A copy of the judgement of conviction;
(c) Information to demonstrate that the person sought is the one referred to in the
judgement of conviction; and
(d) If the person sought has been sentenced, a copy of the sentence imposed and, in
the case of a sentence for imprisonment, a statement of any time already served and the time
remaining to be served.
4. Upon the request of the Court, a State Party shall consult with the Court, either generally
or with respect to a specific matter, regarding any requirements under its national law that may
apply under paragraph 2 (c). During the consultations, the State Party shall advise the Court of the
specific requirements of its national law.

Article 92
Provisional arrest
1. In urgent cases, the Court may request the provisional arrest of the person sought, pending
presentation of the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in
article 91.
2. The request for provisional arrest shall be made by any medium capable of delivering a
written record and shall contain:
(a) Information describing the person sought, sufficient to identify the person, and
information as to that person’s probable location;
(b) A concise statement of the crimes for which the person’s arrest is sought and of the
facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the date and location
of the crime;
(c) A statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest or a judgement of conviction
against the person sought; and
(d) A statement that a request for surrender of the person sought will follow.
3. A person who is provisionally arrested may be released from custody if the requested State
has not received the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in
article 91 within the time limits specified in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. However, the
person may consent to surrender before the expiration of this period if permitted by the law of the
requested State. In such a case, the requested State shall proceed to surrender the person to the
Court as soon as possible.
4. The fact that the person sought has been released from custody pursuant to paragraph 3
shall not prejudice the subsequent arrest and surrender of that person if the request for surrender
and the documents supporting the request are delivered at a later date.