'Transportation and transit through State territory for surrender' in document 'Mauritius - Mutual Assistance Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART III - FORMS OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

8. Request for transfer of detained persons to Mauritius

(2) A person in respect of whom a notice is issued under subsection (1) shall, so long as the notice is in force-

(a) be permitted to enter and remain in Mauritius for the purposes of the request, and be required to leave Mauritius when no longer required for those purposes ; and
(b) while in custody in Mauritius for the purposes of the request, be deemed to be in lawful custody for the purposes of section 170 of the Criminal Code.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 59
Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
7. Once ordered to be surrendered by the custodial State, the person shall be delivered to the
Court as soon as possible.

Article 89
Surrender of persons to the Court
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.