Part 3
Requests by International Criminal Court for Arrest and Surrender of Persons
Section 25.—
(4) On making a surrender order the High Court shall—
(a) inform the arrested person that he or she will not be surrendered, except with his or her consent, before 15 days have elapsed from the date of the order,
(b) also inform the person of the provisions of Article 40.4.2° of the Constitution (which relates to the making of a complaint to the High Court by or on behalf of a person alleging that he or she is unlawfully detained), and
(c) cause a copy of the order to be sent forthwith to the Minister.
Part 3
Requests by International Criminal Court for Arrest and Surrender of Persons
Section 29.—
(1) A person arrested in accordance with a warrant issued under section 20 or 22 may consent to be surrendered to the custody of the International Criminal Court or, in the case of a person convicted by it, of the state of enforcement.
(2) The person shall give notice of intention to consent to surrender—
(a) if in custody, to the prison governor, member of the Garda Síochána or other person in whose custody the person is, and
(b) if on bail, to any member of the Garda Síochána.
(3) The consent must be given and recorded before the High Court and be given voluntarily and in full awareness of the consequences.
(4) Where, by reason of a physical or mental condition, it is inappropriate for the person to consent to being surrendered, the consent may be given by a person who is deemed appropriate for that purpose by the High Court.
(5) On the recording of consent to surrender the High Court shall—
(a) if a surrender order has not been made in relation to the person, make a surrender order, and
(b) if such an order has been made, order that the person be returned to custody to await his or her surrender.
(6) (a) A person who has consented to surrender in accordance with this section may, at any time up to the making of an order by the Minister under section 30, withdraw the consent.
(b) On such withdrawal the person—
(i) if the surrender order was made after the consent was given, shall be brought before the High Court and be dealt with by that Court as if he or she had not so consented, or
(ii) in any other case, shall await surrender in accordance with this Part.
(7) The person who receives notice of intention to consent to surrender or is informed of the withdrawal of the consent shall forthwith notify the Minister accordingly.
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.