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International Criminal Court Implementation Act 2002

CHAPTER 2. SURRENDER OF PERSONS TO THE ICC
§ 7. Other provisions
Section 41
1. Objects found in the possession of the person whose surrender or provisional arrest has been requested under the Statute may be seized at the request of the ICC. The seizure shall be carried out by or on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the assistant public prosecutor competent to issue a warrant of arrest or provisional arrest.
2. When making the application referred to in section 21, the public prosecutor shall lodge a list of the objects seized with the District Court.

Section 42
1. When ruling on the request for surrender, the District Court shall also decide on whether the objects seized should be delivered or returned. The delivery of these objects to the ICC may be ordered only if the request for surrender is granted.
2. With a view to possible rights of third parties, the District Court may decide in respect of certain objects that they may be handed over to the ICC only on condition that they will be immediately returned once they are no longer needed for the purposes of the prosecution.
3. The provisions laid down by or pursuant to articles 116-119, 552a and 552c-552e of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis.
4. In the event of surrender in accordance with the provisions of § 6 of this chapter, the public prosecutor shall decide on the delivery or return of the objects seized, subject to the powers of the District Court under subsection 3.

Keywords

Request for arrest and surrender
Transfer of forfeitures to the ICC
Non-prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties in the enforcement of forfeiture orders
Search and seizure - authority - ICC proceedings
Search and seizure - national procedures for ICC proceedings



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