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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART III—GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

27. (1) The existence of any immunity or special procedural rule attaching to the official capacity of any person shall not constitute 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) shall have effect subject to sections 62 and 115, but notwithstanding any other enactment or rule of law.