Provisional arrest

Czech Republic

Czech republic - Act on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters 2013 EN

PART THREE Individual forms of International Judicial Cooperation
Chapter II Extradition of Persons
Sub-chapter 1 Requesting Extradition from a Foreign State

Section 81 Preliminary Custody
(1) If the matter cannot be delayed, the presiding judge and in pre-trial proceedings the judge upon a petition of the public prosecutor may in the request pursuant to Section 79 (1) propose that the Ministry requested the foreign state for imposing preliminary custody to the person concerned by the extradition. If it is necessary for extradition of the person from the foreign state, the Ministry may do so even without such a petition.
(2) The court will attach to the request pursuant to Section 79 (1) the following:
a) an order to arrest, order to detain or order to deliver a person for execution of a sentence of imprisonment,
b) declaration of identity of the person concerned by the extradition, containing his name and surname, other personal data enabling his identification and data on his nationality, eventually his description, photograph and fingerprints
c) if a request for extradition for the purpose of criminal prosecution is concerned, a declaration of the court about the upper limit of the extent of sentence for the criminal offence in question,
d) if a request for extradition for the purpose of execution of a sentence is concerned, a copy of the operative part of the judgment,
e) declaration of the court, that criminal liability or execution of the sentence has not been statute-barred.
(3) Annexes referred to in Section 79 (5) to (8) may be presented subsequently, however no later than 10 business days after the request is served to the Ministry pursuant to Section 79 (1). The Ministry may in well-founded cases extend or shorten this time period accordingly.
(4) If the ministry does not comply with the petition of the court pursuant to Sub-section (1), it will inform it of the reasons for such procedure.

PART THREE Individual forms of International Judicial Cooperation
Chapter II Extradition of Persons
Sub-chapter 2 Extradition to Foreign States

Section 94 Preliminary Custody
(1) If the ascertained matters of fact substantiate a concern that the person concerned by the extradition might flee, the presiding judge may decide upon a petition of the public prosecutor, and after filing a petition for a decision according to Section 95 (1) even without such petition, on taking the person into preliminary custody; provisions of Section 67 and 68 of the Code of Criminal Procedure will not apply. A complaint is admissible against the decision on imposing preliminary custody. Section 77 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure will apply accordingly to the decision-making about the apprehended person.
(2) Section 71 (1), sentence three, Sub-section 2 (b), Section 72 to 72b, Section 73b (1), (3) to (5), (6) sentence two, Section 73c (a) and Section 74a of the Code of Criminal Procedure will not apply to further procedure concerning the preliminary custody. Other provisions of Chapter four, Sub-division one of the Code of Criminal Procedure will apply accordingly, therewith where these provisions refer to pre-trial proceedings, it will be understood as preliminary investigation.
(3) The public prosecutor will release the person concerned by the extradition from preliminary custody, if the preliminary investigation has been initiated without receiving a request for extradition of a foreign state and this request was not delivered to the Ministry within 40 days following the day of imposing the preliminary custody; this does not apply in case of simplified extradition. Release from the preliminary custody does not preclude new imposing of preliminary custody, if the request for extradition is served subsequently. Delivering the request to the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office, to a diplomatic office of the Czech Republic in the foreign state or Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also the effect of service.
(4) The judicial authority will notify the Ministry of taking the person into preliminary custody and on his release from this custody.

PART FOUR Cooperation with International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
Chapter III Surrender of Persons

Section 166 Preliminary and Extradition Custody
(1) In case of surrender of a person to an international court referred to in Section 145 (1) (a), the presiding judge will take the person into preliminary custody upon a request of this court for preliminary custody or upon an order of this court for arrest and surrender of the person after his delivery to the court according to Section 93 (3). Therein the court will not be bound by the grounds for custody according to Section 94 (1).
(2) In case surrender of a person to an international court referred to in Section 145 (1) (a) or (b) is concerned, the public prosecutor will release the person from preliminary custody pursuant to Section 94 (3), if the preliminary investigation was initiated without a request or order of the international court for surrender of the person and such request or order was not delivered to the Czech Republic within the time limit stipulated by the regulations of the international court , or within 60 days from taking the person into preliminary custody, if regulations of the international court do not stipulate any such time limit. In case an international court referred to in Section 145 (1) (a) is concerned and the request or order is delivered subsequently, the presiding judge will take the person into preliminary custody according to Sub-section (1).
(3) The court will immediately inform the international court through the Ministry about every application of the person for release from preliminary or extradition custody, including the reasons of such application. At the same time it will request an opinion on such request and advice the international court about a time limit, within which it is necessary to decide on such application for release from preliminary or extradition custody. When deciding on such request the court will take into account the opinion of the international court, if it was delivered on time. If an international court referred to in Section 145 (1) (a) is concerned, the person concerned by the surrender may be released from preliminary custody only if it is substantiated by urgent and extraordinary circumstances and at the same time some of the measures supplementing custody according to the Code of Criminal Procedure; upon a request of the international court the court will send it reports whether the supplementation of preliminary custody still remains in effect and whether the person concerned by the surrender remains in the territory of the Czech Republic and whether he does not avoid the surrender proceedings.

Rome Statute

Article 92 Provisional arrest

1. In urgent cases, the Court may request the provisional arrest of the person sought, pending presentation of the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in article 91.

2. The request for provisional arrest shall be made by any medium capable of delivering a written record and shall contain:

(a) Information describing the person sought, sufficient to identify the person, and information as to that person's probable location;

(b) A concise statement of the crimes for which the person's arrest is sought and of the facts which are alleged to constitute those crimes, including, where possible, the date and location of the crime;

(c) A statement of the existence of a warrant of arrest or a judgement of conviction against the person sought; and

(d) A statement that a request for surrender of the person sought will follow.

3. A person who is provisionally arrested may be released from custody if the requested State has not received the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in article 91 within the time limits specified in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. However, the person may consent to surrender before the expiration of this period if permitted by the law of the requested State. In such a case, the requested State shall proceed to surrender the person to the Court as soon as possible.

4. The fact that the person sought has been released from custody pursuant to paragraph 3 shall not prejudice the subsequent arrest and surrender of that person if the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request are delivered at a later date.