Chapter II Cooperation with the International Criminal Court

Section 2 Provision of Evidence, etc.

Subsection 1 Provision of Evidence

(Measures by the Minister of Justice)
Article 6 (1) (i) when the request for cooperation competes with a request for assistance as prescribed in Article 1, item (i) of the Act on International Assistance in Investigations and Other Related Matters (Act No. 69 of 1980) (hereinafter referred to as "Investigation Assistance" in this item and Article 39, paragraph (1), item (ii)) and, where it is possible to give priority to such request for assistance pursuant to the provisions of the Statute, when the Minister of Justice finds it reasonable to provide said Investigation Assistance;

Chapter II Cooperation with the International Criminal Court

Section 3 Surrender of an Offender Sought for Surrender, etc.

Subsection 1 Surrender of an Offender Sought for Surrender

(Measures by the Minister of Justice)
Article 20 (1) (ii) when the request for cooperation competes with a request for the extradition of a fugitive as prescribed in Article 3 of the Act of Extradition (Act No. 68 of 1953) or with a request for the provisional detention of an offender as prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (1) of said Act and, where it is possible to give priority to the relevant request for extradition or provisional detention pursuant to the provisions of the Statute, when it is found appropriate to extradite the fugitive or to provisionally detain the offender;

Chapter II Cooperation with the International Criminal Court

Section 3 Surrender of an Offender Sought for Surrender, etc.

Subsection 1 Surrender of an Offender Sought for Surrender

(Stay of Examination Proceedings)
Article 24 (1) In the examination set forth in Article 9 of the Act of Extradition as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, where the offender sought for surrender files a motion to the effect that the surrender of the offender sought for surrender should not be granted, on the basis that a case connected to the offense underlying the surrender request is pending before a court in a foreign country or that a final and binding judgment has been issued on said case by a court in a foreign country, the Tokyo High Court may stay the examination proceedings, by an order, until the ICC determines the admissibility of the case pursuant to the provisions of article 17, paragraph 1 of the Statute.

(2) When the motion set forth in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall promptly report to the Minister of Justice to that effect.

(3) Upon receiving the report set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice shall notify the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the effect that the motion set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed.

(4) Upon receiving the notice set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall notify the ICC to the effect that the motion set forth in paragraph (1) has been filed, and shall consult with the ICC concerning the determination on the admissibility of a case under the provisions of article 17, paragraph 1 of the Statute with regard to the offense underlying the surrender request.

(5) Where the examination proceedings have been stayed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), when a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office finds it necessary, he/she may suspend the detention of the offender sought for surrender. In this case, when he/she finds it necessary, he/she may entrust the offender sought for surrender to a relative thereof or some other person, or restrict the residence of the offender sought for surrender.

(6) Where detention has been suspended pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when the ICC has then determined to admit the case pursuant to the provisions of article 17, paragraph 1 of the Statute for the offense underlying the surrender request, a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall rescind the suspension of the detention.

(7) The provisions of Article 22, paragraphs (3) through (6) of the Act of Extradition shall apply mutatis mutandis to where the suspension of a detention has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph for an offender sought for surrender.

(8) With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act of Extradition as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article where examination proceedings have been stayed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the term "two months" in Article 9,paragraph (1) of said Act shall be deemed to be replaced with "two months (excluding the period during which the examination proceedings were stayed pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Act on Cooperation with the International Criminal 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 Court, 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.