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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 IV
ARREST AND SURRENDER OF PERSON TO ICC

36. Request for arrest and surrender-(1) Subject to sections 38 and 39, when the Minister receives a request for arrest and surrender of a person alleged to have committed a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC or on whom a judgment of conviction has been imposed by the ICC the Minister shall, if satisfied that the request is supported by the information and documents required by article 91 of the Statute –
(a) transmit the request and any supporting documents to a Judge; and
(b) notify the Attorney General.
(2) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (1)(a) a Judge shall –
(a) if the request is accompanied by a warrant of arrest issued by the ICC, endorse the warrant for execution by a police officer in any part of Samoa; or
(b) if the request is accompanied by a judgment of conviction of the ICC, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the judgment relates, for execution by a police officer in any part of Samoa.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 59
Arrest proceedings in the custodial State
1. A State Party which has received a request for provisional arrest or for arrest and surrender shall immediately take steps to arrest the person in question in accordance with its laws and the provisions of Part 9.