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The International Crimes Act, 2008
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.
3. (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.
Article 90
Competing requests
1. A State Party which receives a request from the Court for the surrender
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