PART B
PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION
II. JUDICIAL COOPERATION
Art. 24
Provisional arrest
1. In urgent cases, the Prosecutor of the Appeals Court, after a relevant request by the ICC, shall order the provisional arrest of the person sought, pending presentation of the request for surrender.
2. The request for provisional arrest shall be made by any medium capable of delivering a
written record and shall contain:
(a) Information describing the person sought, sufficient to identify the person, and information as to that person's probable location;
(b) A concise statement of the crimes for which the person's arrest is sought and of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the date and location of the crime;
(c) A statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction against the person sought; and
(d) A statement that a request for surrender of the person sought will follow.
3. If a request according to art. 20 is not submitted within 30 days after the arrest, the
arrested person shall be released.
4. The procedure of art. 21 paras 2 and 3 shall be also applicable in the context of this
article.
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