Part 2 Arrest and delivery of persons
Proceedings on request
7 Consent to surrender
(1) A person arrested under this Part may consent to being delivered up into the custody of the ICC or, in the case of a person convicted by the ICC, of the state of enforcement.
This is referred to below as “consent to surrender”.
(2) Consent to surrender may be given—
(a) by the person himself, or
(b) in circumstances in which it is inappropriate for the person to act for himself, by reason of his physical or mental condition or his youth, by an appropriate person acting on his behalf.
(3) Consent to surrender must—
(a) be given in writing in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, and
(b)be signed in the presence of a justice of the peace or, in Scotland, a sheriff. The “prescribed form” means that prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules or, in Scotland, by the High Court of Justiciary by Act of Adjournal.
(4) Where consent to surrender has been given—
(a) a competent court before which the person is brought shall forthwith make a delivery order, and
(b) he shall be taken to have waived his rights under section 12 (right to review of delivery order).
(5) Where consent to surrender has been given, notice of that fact shall be given—
(a) if the person is in custody, to the prison governor, constable or other person in whose custody he is;
(b) if the person is on bail in England and Wales, to the officer in charge of the police station at which he is required to surrender to custody.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b) notice shall be treated as given if it is sent by registered post, or recorded delivery, addressed to the officer mentioned.
PART 2
ARREST AND DELIVERY OF PERSONS
Proceedings on request
Consent to surrender
11.—(1) A person arrested under this Part may consent to being delivered up into the custody of the ICC or, in the case of a person convicted by the ICC, of the state of enforcement.
This is referred to below as “consent to surrender”.
(2) Consent to surrender may be given—
(a) by the person himself, or
(b) in circumstances in which it is inappropriate for the person to act for himself, by reason of his physical or mental condition or his youth, by an appropriate person acting on his behalf.
(3) Consent to surrender must—
(a) be given in writing in the prescribed form or a form to the like effect, and
(b) be signed in the presence of a magistrate or other judicial officer.
The “prescribed form” means that prescribed by rules made by the rule-making authority for the competent court.
(4) Where consent to surrender has been given—
(a) a competent court before which the person is brought shall forthwith make a delivery order, and
(b) he shall be taken to have waived his rights under section 12 (right to review of delivery order).
(5) Where consent to surrender has been given, notice of that fact shall be given—
(a) if the person is in custody, to the prison governor, constable or other person in whose custody he is;
(b) if the person is on bail in the Territory, to the officer in charge of the police station at which is required to surrender to custody.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b) notice shall be treated as given if it is sent by registered post, or recorded delivery, addressed to the officer mentioned.
1. The Court may transmit a request for the arrest and surrender of a person, together with the material supporting the request outlined in article 91, to any State on the territory of which that person may be found and shall request the cooperation of that State in the arrest and surrender of such a person. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the procedure under their national law, comply with requests for arrest and surrender.
2. Where the person sought for surrender brings a challenge before a national court on the basis of the principle of ne bis in idem as provided in article 20, the requested State shall immediately consult with the Court to determine if there has been a relevant ruling on admissibility. If the case is admissible, the requested State shall proceed with the execution of the request. If an admissibility ruling is pending, the requested State may postpone the execution of the request for surrender of the person until the Court makes a determination on admissibility.
(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.
(b) A request by the Court for transit shall be transmitted in accordance with article 87. The request for transit shall contain:
(i) A description of the person being transported;
(ii) A brief statement of the facts of the case and their legal characterization; and
(iii) The warrant for arrest and surrender;
(c) A person being transported shall be detained in custody during the period of transit;
(d) No authorization is required if the person is transported by air and no landing is scheduled on the territory of the transit State;
(e) If an unscheduled landing occurs on the territory of the transit State, that State may require a request for transit from the Court as provided for in subparagraph (b). The transit State shall detain the person being transported until the request for transit is received and the transit is effected, provided that detention for purposes of this subparagraph may not be extended beyond 96 hours from the unscheduled landing unless the request is received within that time.
4. If the person sought is being proceeded against or is serving a sentence in the requested State for a crime different from that for which surrender to the Court is sought, the requested State, after making its decision to grant the request, shall consult with the Court.