Cap. 276 Art. 26CRequest for arrest and surrender.

(1) Where the Minister receives a request from the ICC

for the arrest and surrender of a person alleged to have committed an ICC crime, or to have been convicted by the ICC, he shall transmit the request and the documents accompanying it to the Attorney General.

(2) If the request is accompanied by a warrant of arrest and the Attorney General is satisfied that the warrant appears to have been issued by the ICC, he shall apply to a Magistrate to authorise the execution of the warrant. The Magistrate shall authorise such execution where he is satisfied that the warrant purports to have been issued by the ICC.

(3) If in the case of a person convicted by the ICC the request is not accompanied by a warrant of arrest, but is accompanied by -

(a) a copy of the judgment of conviction,

(b) information to demonstrate that the person sought is the one referred to in the judgment of conviction, and

(c) where the person sought has been sentenced, a copy of the sentence imposed and a statement of any time already served and the time remaining to be served, the Attorney General shall apply to a Magistrate for the issue of a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the request relates and shall attach the documentation and information referred to in this sub-article.

(4) The Magistrate shall issue the warrant where he is satisfied that it appears that the person sought has been convicted by the ICC and that the documentation and information referred to in this article has been produced.

(5) The provisions of sub-article (4) and of the articles referred to in article 14(5) shall apply to a warrant issued under this Part.