Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation
14 Response to be sent to ICC
(1) The Attorney-General must notify the ICC, without undue delay, of his or her response to a request for cooperation and of the outcome of any action that has been taken in relation to the request.
(2) If the Attorney-General decides, in accordance with the Statute and this Act, to refuse or postpone the assistance requested, wholly or partly, the notice to the ICC must set out the reasons for the decision.
(3) If the request for cooperation cannot be executed for any other reason, the notice to the ICC must set out the reasons for the inability or failure to execute the request.
(4) In the case of an urgent request for cooperation, any documents or evidence produced in response must, if the ICC requests, be sent urgently to it.
(5) Documents or evidence provided or produced in response to a request for cooperation must be sent to the ICC in the original language and form.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 5—Taking evidence or producing documents or articles
66 Producing documents or other articles
(1) If the Attorney-General authorises the production of documents or other articles, a magistrate:
(a) must give written notice to each person by whom documents or other articles are to be produced stating that the authorisation has been given and setting out the date and time when, and the place where, the documents or other articles are to be produced; and
(b) may require production of the documents or other articles.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if the documents or other articles are produced, a magistrate must send them to the Attorney-General together with a written statement certifying that they were produced to that magistrate.
(3) In the case of documents, a magistrate may send to the Attorney-General copies of the documents certified by that magistrate to be true copies.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 5—Taking evidence or producing documents or articles
67 Legal representation
(1) The evidence of a witness may be taken under section 65 in the presence or absence of:
(a) the person to whom the investigation conducted by the Prosecutor, or the proceeding before the ICC, relates; or
(b) his or her legal representative (if any).
(2) The magistrate conducting a proceeding under either section 65 or 66, or both, may permit:
(a) if the person to whom the investigation conducted by the Prosecutor, or the proceeding before the ICC, relates has been notified of the proceeding before the magistrate—that person; and
(b) any other person giving evidence or producing documents or other articles at the proceeding before the magistrate; and
(c) a representative of the Prosecutor or of the ICC; to have legal representation at the proceeding before the magistrate.
68 Form of certificates
A certificate by a magistrate under subsection 65(3) or 66(2) must state whether, when the evidence was taken or the documents or other articles were produced, any of the following persons were present:
(a) the person to whom the investigation conducted by the Prosecutor, or the proceeding before the ICC, relates, or his or her legal representative (if any);
(b) any other person giving evidence or producing documents or other articles, or his or her legal representative (if any).
69 Compellability of persons to attend etc.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the laws of each State or Territory with respect to compelling persons:
(a) to attend before a magistrate; and
(b) to give evidence, answer questions, and produce documents or other articles;
on the hearing of a charge against a person for an offence against the law of that State or Territory apply, so far as they are capable of application, with respect to so compelling persons for the purposes of this Division.
(2) For the purposes of this Division, the person to whom the investigation conducted by the Prosecutor, or the proceeding before the ICC, relates, is competent but not compellable to give evidence.
(3) If:
(a) a person is required to give evidence, or produce documents or other articles, for the purposes of an investigation conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(b) the person is not compellable to answer a particular question, or to produce a particular document or article, for the purposes of that investigation or proceeding; the person is not compellable to answer the question, or produce the document or article, for the purposes of this Division.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 7—Service of documents
72 Assistance in arranging service of documents
(4) In this section:
document includes:
(a) a summons requiring a person to appear as a witness; and
(b) a summons to an accused person that has been issued under paragraph 7 of article 58 of the Statute.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 11B—Prospective telecommunications data
78B Authorising an authorisation for the disclosure of prospective telecommunications data
(1) The Attorney-General may authorise, in writing, the making of an authorisation under section 180B of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 for the disclosure of information or documents if:
(a) the ICC has requested the Attorney-General to arrange for the disclosure of the information or documents; and
(b) the information or documents come into existence during a period specified by the ICC, and which started on or after the day the request was made; and
(c) the Attorney-General is satisfied that:
(i) an investigation is being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding is before the ICC; and
(ii) the information or documents relate to the fact of a communication passing over a telecommunications system during that period.
(2) To avoid doubt, information or documents do not relate to the fact of a communication passing over a telecommunications system to the extent that the information is, or the documents contain, the contents or substance of a communication.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 12—Provision of records or documents
79 Facilitating the provision of records or documents
(1) This section applies if:
(a) the ICC requests assistance for the provision of records or documents, including official records or official documents; and
(b) the Attorney-General is satisfied that:
(i) the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(ii) the records or documents are or may be in Australia.
(2) The Attorney-General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, the provision of the records or documents.
(3) If the Attorney-General authorises the provision of records or documents, an appropriate authority is to:
(a) locate and make available the records or documents; and
(b) make such report on his or her efforts as he or she considers to be appropriate in the circumstances; and
(c) send to the Attorney-General the report and any of the records or documents that are located.
(4) This section does not give to any person power to require the production of a record or document.
Part 4—Other requests by ICC
Division 14—Identification, tracing, and freezing or seizure, of proceeds of crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC
Subdivision C—Production orders relating to crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC
87 Retaining produced documents
(1) An authorised officer who takes possession of a document under a production order made in respect of a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC may retain the document pending a written direction from the Attorney-General as to how to deal with the document.
(2) Directions from the Attorney-General may include a direction that the document be sent to the ICC.
Part 7—Information provided in confidence by third party
142 Disclosure of information provided in confidence by third party
(1) If the ICC requests the giving of information or documents that were provided to Australia on a confidential basis by a foreign country or by an intergovernmental or international organisation (in either case referred to as the originator), the Attorney-General must seek the consent of the originator before giving the information or documents to the ICC.
(2) If the originator is a party to the Statute that consents to disclosure of the information or documents, the Attorney-General must, subject to Part 8, give the information or documents to the ICC.
(3) If the originator is a party to the Statute that undertakes to resolve the issue of disclosure of the information or documents with the ICC under article 73 of the Statute, the Attorney-General must
inform the ICC of the undertaking.
(4) If the originator is not a party to the Statute and refuses to consent to disclosure of the information or documents, the Attorney-General must inform the ICC that he or she is unable to give the information or documents because of an existing obligation of confidentiality to the originator.
(5) If the originator is not a party to the Statute and consents to disclosure of the information or documents, the Attorney-General must, subject to Part 8, give the information or documents to the ICC.
143 Request for Australia’s consent to disclosure
If a request is received from a foreign country for Australia’s consent to the disclosure to the ICC of information or documents that had been disclosed by Australia to the country on a confidential basis, the Attorney-General must either:
(a) consent to the disclosure; or
(b) undertake to deal with the matter in accordance with Part 8.
Part 8—Protection of Australia’s national security interests
146 Request to disclose information or documents involving national security
(1) This section applies if a person who has been requested to disclose information or documents to the ICC:
(a) refuses to do so on the ground that disclosure would prejudice Australia’s national security interests; or
(b) refers the matter to the Attorney-General on that ground.
6. Dans l'exercice de ses fonctions avant ou pendant un procès, la Chambre de première instance peut, si besoin est :
b) Ordonner la comparution des témoins et leur audition ainsi que la production de documents et d'autres éléments de preuve, en obtenant au besoin l'aide des États selon les dispositions du présent Statut ;
Si un État Partie est requis par la Cour de fournir un document ou un renseignement en sa possession, sous sa garde ou sous son contrôle qui lui a été communiqué à titre confidentiel par un État, une organisation intergouvernementale ou une organisation internationale, il demande à celui dont il tient le renseignement ou le document l'autorisation de le divulguer. Si celui qui a communiqué le renseignement ou le document est un État Partie, il consent à la divulgation du renseignement ou du document, ou s'efforce de régler la question avec la Cour, sous réserve des dispositions de l'article 72. Si celui qui a communiqué le renseignement ou le document n'est pas un État Partie et refuse de consentir à la divulgation, l'État requis informe la Cour qu'il n'est pas en mesure de fournir le document ou le renseignement en raison d'une obligation préexistante de confidentialité à l'égard de celui dont il le tient.
1. Les États Parties font droit, conformément aux dispositions du présent chapitre et aux procédures prévues par leur législation nationale, aux demandes d'assistance de la Cour liées à une enquête ou à des poursuites et concernant :
d) La signification de documents, y compris les pièces de procédure ;
i) La transmission de dossiers et de documents, y compris les dossiers et les documents officiels ;
a) La Cour préserve le caractère confidentiel des pièces et renseignements recueillis, sauf dans la mesure nécessaire à l'enquête et aux procédures décrites dans la demande.
b) L'État requis peut au besoin communiquer des documents ou des renseignements au Procureur à titre confidentiel. Le Procureur ne peut alors les utiliser que pour recueillir des éléments de preuve nouveaux.
c) L'État requis peut, soit d'office, soit à la demande du Procureur, autoriser par la suite la divulgation de ces documents ou renseignements. Ceux-ci peuvent alors être utilisés comme moyen de preuve conformément aux dispositions des chapitres V et VI et au Règlement de procédure et de preuve.
Les archives de la Cour, tous papiers et documents, quelle qu’en soit la forme, et tout matériel expédiés à ou par la Cour, détenus par elle ou lui appartenant, où qu’ils se trouvent et quel qu’en soit le détenteur, sont inviolables. La cessation ou l’absence de cette inviolabilité n’affecte pas les mesures de protection que la Cour peut ordonner en vertu du Statut ou du Règlement de procédure et de preuve en ce qui concerne des documents et matériels mis à sa disposition ou utilisés par elle.