'Competent national judicial authority' in document 'Japan- ICC Cooperation Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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

(Examination by the Tokyo High Court)
Article 23 (1) The Tokyo High Court shall, on the basis of the results of its examination, render its decision as specified in the following items in accordance with the cases listed in each of those items:

(i) when the application for examination set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is unlawful: a decision for dismissal;
(ii) when the case is one in which the offender sought for surrender can be surrendered: a decision to that effect; and
(iii) when the case is not one in which the offender sought for surrender can be surrendered: a decision to that effect.