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

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 11:24

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT

PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS

37. Escaping.

Any person who escapes from lawful custody while in Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a request under section 12, or while being kept in custody pursuant to a direction under section 36(1)(b), is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for five years.

38. Arrest of person who has escaped from custody.

(1) Any police officer may arrest without warrant, a person, if the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person—

(a) has been brought to Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to a request under section 10, or was being kept in custody pursuant to a direction under section 36(1)(b); and
(b) has escaped from lawful custody while in Trinidad and Tobago pursuant to the request, or while being so kept in custody.

(2) A person who has been arrested pursuant to subsection (1) shall be returned to custody in accordance with this Act.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 111
Escape
If a convicted person escapes from custody and flees the State of enforcement, that State may, after consultation with the Court, request the person's surrender from the State in which the person is located pursuant to existing bilateral or multilateral arrangements, or may request that the Court seek the person's surrender, in accordance with Part 9. It may direct that the person be delivered to the State in which he or she was serving the sentence or to another State designated by the Court.