Cap. 276 Art. 26DRequest for provisional arrest.

(1) Where the Minister receives from the ICC a request for the provisional arrest 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) Upon an application by the Attorney General stating that he has reason to believe -

(a) that a request has been made by the ICC for the arrest of a person, and

(b) that the person is in, or on his way to, Malta, a Magistrate shall issue a warrant for the arrest of that person and shall notify the Minister of the issue of the warrant.