Other types of assistance - specified conditions, alternative manner or later date

Independent State of Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART V
REQUESTS FOR OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE


75. Refusal of request -

(1) The Minister shall refuse a request for assistance under this Part only if -

(c) the assistance sought is outside the listed types of assistance set out in article 93 (1) and the provision of the assistance is prohibited by the law of Samoa and the ICC does not accept the conditions, as contemplated by article 93 (5) of the Statute, subject to which the Minister was willing to provide the assistance; or
(d) the execution of a particular measure of assistance is prohibited in Samoa on the basis of an existing fundamental legal principle of general application and the ICC does not accept the conditions, as contemplated by article 93 (5) of the Statute, subject to which the Minister was willing to provide the assistance.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

5. Before denying a request for assistance under paragraph 1 (l), the requested State shall consider whether the assistance can be provided subject to specified conditions, or whether the assistance can be provided at a later date or in an alternative manner, provided that if the Court or the Prosecutor accepts the assistance subject to conditions, the Court or the Prosecutor shall abide by them.