New Zealand

International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

Part 3
Other forms of assistance to a Tribunal

Assistance in serving documents

35 Service of process

(1) Subject to section 57, where—

(a) a Tribunal requests the Attorney-General to arrange for service in New Zealand of a process relating to a proceeding before, or an investigation conducted by, the Tribunal in respect of a Tribunal offence ; and

(b) the Attorney-General is satisfied
(i) hat the request relates to a Tribunal offence ; and
(ii) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be served is located in New Zealand,—
the Attorney-General may authorise service of the process.

(2) Where service is authorised under subsection (1), the Attorney-General shall direct the appropriate authority to arrange service, and in such a case the authority shall—

(a) use its best endeavours to have the process served
(i) in accordance with procedures proposed in the request ; or
(ii) if those procedures would be unlawful or in-appropriate in New Zealand, or if no procedures are so proposed, in accordance with the law of New Zealand ; and

(b) if the document
(i) is served, transmit to the Attorney-General for transmission to the Tribunal a certificate as to service ; or
(ii) is not served, transmit to the Attorney-General for transmission to the Tribunal a statement of the reasons that prevented the service.

Keywords

Service of documents - authority - ICC proceedings
Service of documents - national procedures for ICC proceedings



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