Act 11
International Criminal Court Act
2010
(a) the Minister has issued a notification under section 67 and has
not withdrawn that notification and the ICC imposes a
sentence of imprisonment under the Statute on a person—
(i) convicted of a crime; or
(ii) convicted of an offence against the administration of
justice; and
(b) the ICC designates Uganda, under article 103 of the Statute, as
the State in which the sentence is to be served,
the Minister shall consider whether to accept the designation.
(2) The Minister may accept the designation of Uganda as the State
in which the sentence is to be served if the Minister is satisfied that ICC
has agreed to the conditions specified in the notification specified under
section 67, and in the case of a prisoner who is not a Uganda citizen, the
Minister responsible for internal affairs has consented to the sentence
being served in Uganda.
69. Prisoner to be held in custody.
(1) Where the Minister accepts the designation of Uganda as the
State in which a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC is to be
served, the ICC prisoner may be transported to Uganda in the custody of
a person authorised for the purpose by the ICC.
(2) On arrival in Uganda or, if the person is already in Uganda when
the sentence is imposed, on the imposition of the sentence, the ICC
prisoner shall be detained in accordance with the Prisons Act as if the
prisoner had been sentenced to imprisonment under Uganda law.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) or in any other
enactment—
(a) the ICC prisoner has the right to communicate on a confidential
basis with the ICC, without impediment from any person;
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