Identification and whereabouts of persons - national proceedings

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Nigeria - Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters within the Commonwealth Act (1998) EN

13. Identifying and locating persons

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of this Act, a request may seek assistance in identifying or locating persons believed to be within the requested country.

(2) A request under this section shall indicate the purpose for which the information is requested and shall contain such information as is available to the Central Authority of the requesting country as to the whereabouts of the person concerned and such other information as it possesses which would facilitate the identification of the person concerned.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(a) The identification and whereabouts of persons or the location of items;