New Zealand

International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000

PART 5 - DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION

Taking evidence and producing documents

86.
ICC may give evidence certificate—

(1)In this section, ``evidence certificate'' means a certificate or declaration that—

(a)is given or made by or on behalf of the ICC; and

(b)specifies or declares whether, under the Statute or the Rules, a specified person or class of persons could or could not be required to answer a specified question or to produce a specified document—

(i)generally; or

(ii)in specified proceedings; or

(iii)in specified circumstances.

(2)An evidence certificate authenticated under subsection (3) is admissible in proceedings for the purposes of the application of section 85(4) as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(3)A certificate is authenticated for the purposes of subsection (2) if it purports to be—

(a)signed or certified by a Judge, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar, or a member of the staff of the ICC; or

(b)authenticated in any other manner authorised by the Statute or the Rules.

Cf 1995 No 27 s 27

Keywords

Taking of evidence - authority - ICC proceedings
Taking of evidence - national procedures for ICC proceedings
Questioning of persons - authority - ICC proceedings
Questioning of persons - national procedures for ICC proceedings



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