Ireland

International Criminal Court Act 2006

Part 5
Other Requests

56.—

(6) (a) This subsection applies where a person referred to in any paragraph of subsection (1) is on board an aircraft which makes an unscheduled landing in the State.

(b) Where this subsection applies, the Minister may—

(i) require that the Court, in accordance with Article 89.3(e), submit a request for transit of the person concerned within the period of 96 hours commencing at the time of the unscheduled landing, and
(ii) inform the Court that, if the request is not received within that period, the person will be released.

(c) If the request is not received by the Minister before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (b) (ii), the Minister shall order the person’s release.

(d) The release is not a bar to the arrest of the person on foot of a subsequent request from the Court for his or her surrender.

(e) Subsections (2) to (5) apply in relation to such a person as they apply in relation to a transferee.

Keywords

Unscheduled landing on territory of transit State



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