TITLE II
Extradition from Austria
CHAPTER TWO
Jurisdiction and Procedure
Surrender
§ 36. (1) The court shall arrange for the performance of the extradition. If the person to be extradited is at liberty, the court shall order his/her arrest upon application by the public prosecutor, if the performance of the extradition cannot be ensured otherwise. The person to be extradited shall be transferred to the relevant border crossing or to any other agreed place of surrender by court prison guards. The personal belongings, which were held in safekeeping, shall also be surrendered, unless the person to be extradited has disposed of them otherwise.
(2) The surrender of a juvenile may also be performed by surrendering the juvenile to the person responsible for the juvenile’s education or a person designated by the latter, if there are no opposing extradition purposes.
(3) A juvenile whose extradition may be expected to be granted, may already be surrendered before a decision has been taken on the extradition request, if this appears to be necessary in order to spare him the drawbacks of prolonged extradition proceedings and if compliance with the specialty rule is ensured. The Federal Minister of Justice shall decide on an early surrender.
Deferral of Surrender
§ 37. Upon application by the person concerned or the public prosecutor or ex officio the court shall defer the surrender if
1. the person to be extradited is not fit for being transported or
2. the public prosecutor or a court conducts criminal proceedings against the person to be extradited, he/she is being kept in pre-trial detention by the fiscal authorities, or an imposed custodial sentence or preventive measure is to be enforced concerning the person to be extradited. In case of an exemption from prosecution or execution on account of the extradition (§ 192 (1) item 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; § 4 and § 157 of the Execution of Punishments Act), the court shall perform the surrender without delay.
1. The Court may transmit a request for the arrest and surrender of a person, together with the material supporting the request outlined in article 91, to any State on the territory of which that person may be found and shall request the cooperation of that State in the arrest and surrender of such a person. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the procedure under their national law, comply with requests for arrest and surrender.
2. Where the person sought for surrender brings a challenge before a national court on the basis of the principle of ne bis in idem as provided in article 20, the requested State shall immediately consult with the Court to determine if there has been a relevant ruling on admissibility. If the case is admissible, the requested State shall proceed with the execution of the request. If an admissibility ruling is pending, the requested State may postpone the execution of the request for surrender of the person until the Court makes a determination on admissibility.
(a) A State Party shall authorize, in accordance with its national procedural law, transportation through its territory of a person being surrendered to the Court by another State, except where transit through that State would impede or delay the surrender.
(b) A request by the Court for transit shall be transmitted in accordance with article 87. The request for transit shall contain:
(i) A description of the person being transported;
(ii) A brief statement of the facts of the case and their legal characterization; and
(iii) The warrant for arrest and surrender;
(c) A person being transported shall be detained in custody during the period of transit;
(d) No authorization is required if the person is transported by air and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the transit State;
(e) If an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of the transit State, that State may require a request for transit from the Court as provided for in subparagraph (b). The transit State shall detain the person being transported until the request for transit is received and the transit is effected, provided that detention for purposes of this subparagraph may not be extended beyond 96 hours from the unscheduled landing unless the request is received within that time.
4. If the person sought is being proceeded against or is serving a sentence in the requested State for a crime different from that for which surrender to the Court is sought, the requested State, after making its decision to grant the request, shall consult with the Court.