Costs

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Guyana -Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2010

24. (2) Where under any treaty or under section 38 (2), the expenses involved in Guyana providing the assistance requested are to be borne by the requesting country, any assistance provided shall be subject to the condition that the requesting country pays those expenses.

38(2) Unless the central authority otherwise directs, all expenses incurred in respect of any request made by a country referred to in subsection (1) (b) shall be paid by that country.

Rome Statute

Article 100 Costs

1. The ordinary costs for execution of requests in the territory of the requested State shall be borne by that State, except for the following, which shall be borne by the Court:

(a) Costs associated with the travel and security of witnesses and experts or the transfer under article 93 of persons in custody;

(b) Costs of translation, interpretation and transcription;

(c) Travel and subsistence costs of the judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar and staff of any organ of the Court;

(d) Costs of any expert opinion or report requested by the Court;

(e) Costs associated with the transport of a person being surrendered to the Court by a custodial State; and

(f) Following consultations, any extraordinary costs that may result from the execution of a request.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall, as appropriate, apply to requests from States Parties to the Court. In that case, the Court shall bear the ordinary costs of execution.