New Zealand

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

Part 2
Arrest and surrender of person to a Tribunal

Surrender of persons

15 Persons imprisoned under New Zealand law

(1) The Attorney-General shall not issue a surrender warrant if

(a) the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment in respect of an offence against the law of New Zealand ; and
(b) the Tribunal has been required to give adequate undertakings to the Attorney-General relating to

(i) the person's return to New Zealand to serve the remainder of the sentence once the person is no longer required to be detained by, or on the order of, the Tribunal ; and
(ii)the person's custody while travelling, and while in other countries, for the Tribunal's purposes ; and

(c) the Attorney-General is not satisfied that the Tribunal has given adequate undertakings relating to those matters.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the person is not taken to be serving a sentence of imprisonment if he or she has been released on parole or licence, or has been otherwise conditionally released, for the remainder of the sentence.

Keywords

Refusal of ICC request



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