Japan

Act on Cooperation with the International Criminal Court

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;

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