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International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000

PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE

26.
Urgent requests—

(1)In urgent cases a request for assistance (including a request for provisional arrest) may be—

(a)made using any medium capable of delivering a written record:

(b)transmitted through the International Criminal Police Organisation or any other appropriate regional organisation, instead of through an authorised channel.


(2)If a request is made or transmitted in the first instance in the manner specified in subsection (1), it must be followed as soon as practicable by a formal request transmitted in the manner specified in section 25.

Keywords

Provisional arrest
Cooperation of State
Unique provision - cooperation



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