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.