Cap. 276 Art. 26QRequest for transit.

(1) This article applies where the Minister receives a request from the ICC for transit of a person being surrendered by another state.

(2) If the Minister accedes to the request -

(a) the request shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as if it were a request for that person's arrest and surrender,

(b) the execution of the warrant accompanying the request shall be deemed to have been authorised under article 26C(2), and

(c) the person to whom the request relates shall, subject to the provisions of this article, be treated on arrival in Malta as if he had been arrested under that warrant.

(3) In relation to a case where this article applies -

(a) it shall be incumbent upon the court before whom the person to whom the request relates is produced in pursuance of the provisions of article 26F(2)(a)(i) to ascertain that the Minister has acceded to the request for transit; and

(b) article 16 to which reference is made in article 26J(2) shall have effect as if the reference to fifteen days were a reference to two working days.

(4) A person in transit under this article shall not be granted bail.