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The International Crimes Act, 2008
and the other State, to meet both requests, if necessary by
postponing or attaching conditions to one or the other
request.
(ii) Failing that, competing requests shall be resolved in
accordance with the principles established in article 90.
(b) Where, however, the request from the Court concerns information,
property or persons which are subject to the control of a third State or an
international organization by virtue of an international agreement, the
requested States shall so inform the Court and the Court shall direct its
request to the third State or international organization.
10. (a) The Court may, upon request, cooperate with and provide
assistance to a State Party conducting an investigation into or trial in
respect of conduct which constitutes a crime within the jurisdiction of the
Court or which constitutes a serious crime under the national law of the
requesting State.
(b)
(i) The assistance provided under subparagraph (a) shall include,
inter alia:
a. The transmission of statements, documents or other types
of evidence obtained in the course of an investigation or a
trial conducted by the Court; and
b. The questioning of any person detained by order of the
Court;
(ii) In the case of assistance under subparagraph (b) (i) a:
a. If the documents or other types of evidence have been
obtained with the assistance of a State, such transmission
shall require the consent of that State;
b. If the statements, documents or other types of evidence
have been provided by a witness or expert, such
transmission shall be subject to the provisions of article 68.
(c) The Court may, under the conditions set out in this paragraph, grant a
request for assistance under this paragraph from a State which is not a
Party to this Statute.
Article 94
Postponement of execution of a request in respect of ongoing investigation
or prosecution
1. If the immediate execution of a request would interfere with an ongoing
investigation or prosecution of a case different from that to which the
request relates, the requested State may postpone the execution of the
request for a period of time agreed upon with the Court. However, the
postponement shall be no longer than is necessary to complete the relevant
investigation or prosecution in the requested State. Before making a
decision to postpone, the requested State should consider whether the
assistance may be immediately provided subject to certain conditions.
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