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Independent State of Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE


28. Requests for assistance -

A request for assistance is a request made by the ICC to the Minister, in respect of an investigation or prosecution that the Prosecutor is conducting or proposing to conduct, in relation to a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC, for:

(a) assistance in respect of any one or more of the following, namely –

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

PART V
REQUESTS FOR OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE

56. Assistance in locating or identifying persons or items -(1) Where the ICC requests assistance in locating, or identifying and locating, a person or an item believed to be in Samoa, the Minister shall give authority for the request to proceed and transmit the request to the Attorney General, if the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe the person to whom or the item to which the request relates is, or may be in Samoa.

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;