PART V
REQUESTS FOR OTHER TYPES OF ASSISTANCE


61. Assistance in arranging service of documents -

(1) Where the ICC requests assistance in arranging for the service of a document 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 that the person or body to be served is or may be in Samoa.

(2) Where the Minister authorises and transmits the request under subsection (1), the Attorney General in Samoa shall, without delay -

(a) use its best endeavours to have the document served-
(i) in accordance with any procedure specified in the request; or
(ii) if that procedure would be unlawful or inappropriate in Samoa, or if no procedure is specified, in accordance with the law of Samoa; and
(b) transmit to the Minister -
(i) a certificate as to service, if the document is served; or
(ii) a statement of the reasons that prevented service, if the document is not served.

(3) In this section, document includes -

(a) a summons requiring a person to appear as a witness; and
(b) a summons to an accused that has been issued under article 60(7) of the Statute.