Transit proceedings

Republic of the Fiji Islands

Fiji - Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 1997 EN

''Part V-CUSTODY OF PERSONS IN TRANSIT, 27. Arrest of person in transit''

(1) Any police officer may, without warrant, arrest a person if the police officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person was being kept in custody pursuant to a direction under paragraph 26(1)(b) and has escaped.
(2) The police officer shall, within 24 hours or as soon as practicable, take the person before a Magistrate.
(3) If the Magistrate is satisfied that the person has escaped from lawful custody, the Magistrate may issue a warrant authorising any police officer to return the person to lawful custody.

Rome Statute

Article 89 Surrender of persons to the Court

3.

(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.