Austria

Federal Law no 135: Cooperation with the International Criminal Court

Part 2
Specific provisions
Section 4
Custody pending surrender, surrender and transit

26. Custody pending surrender and orders for surrender
5. Until surrender is ordered, the accused person has the right to apply for interim release. When deciding on such an application it shall be ascertained whether there are urgent and exceptional circumstances which justify interim release and whether the purpose of detention may be achieved by more lenient means (paragraph 180(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure) regardless of the gravity of the alleged crimes. Such an application shall have no suspensive effect.
6. An application pursuant to paragraph 5 shall be notified to the International Criminal Court indicating that it has the right to submit a recommendation within seven days. The recommendation shall be taken into consideration in the decision on the application for release.
7. Should the International Criminal Court in its recommendation or the public prosecutor plead against the release of the accused person, the investigating judge shall promptly decide on the application in a custody hearing.
8. A decision dismissing the application for interim release by the accused person may be appealed against by the latter within three days before the relevant appeals court. Such an appeal shall have no suspensive effect.

Keywords

Interim release pending surrender



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