Act 11
International Criminal Court Act
2010
(5) Where there is any inconsistency between subsection (4) and the
Prisons Act, subsection (4) prevails.
55. Effect of transfer on prisoner’s sentence.
Where a prisoner who is serving a sentence for a Uganda offence is
transferred to the ICC—
(a) the prisoner shall be treated, while in custody outside Uganda
in connection with the request, as being in custody for the
purposes of the sentence imposed for the Uganda offence
which shall continue to run; and
(b) the Minister—
(i) may at any time notify the ICC that the prisoner is no
longer required to be kept in custody; and
(ii) shall notify the ICC if the prisoner is no longer liable to
be detained in a Uganda prison.
Examination of Places or Sites
56. Assistance in examining places or sites.
(1) Where the ICC requests assistance under article 19(8), 56, 64,
or 93(1)(g) of the Statute in examining places or sites in Uganda, the
Minister shall give authority for the request to proceed and transmit the
request to the appropriate Ugandan agency if the Minister has reasonable
grounds to believe that the place or site is located in Uganda.
(2) Where the Minister authorises and transmits the request under
subsection (1),the appropriate Ugandan agency shall without delay—
(a) use its best endeavours to undertake the examination of the place
or site in the manner that the ICC has requested;
(b) make such report on the examination as it considers to be
appropriate in the circumstances; and
(c) deliver the report of the examination to the Minister.
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