He/she shall forward the documents alongside his/her legal counsel to the Attorney General.
ART 232: The case shall be referred to the Indictment Chamber by the
Attorney General.
The applicant may submit any relevant document directly to the Chamber.
The Chamber shall decide within two months on the submissions of the Attorney
General, the party or his/her counsel having been duly heard or
summoned.
ART 233: The judgement of the Indictment Chamber may be referred to the Supreme Court pursuant
to the formalities set out in this Code.
ART 234: In case the application is dismissed, a new application may be filed only after the expiry of
one year.
ART 235: A note of the judgement ordering the rehabilitation shall be made on the margin of the
conviction judgements and the criminal record.
The rehabilitated person may be issued, free of charge, an official copy of the rehabilitation
judgement and of the criminal records.
ART 236: The rehabilitation judgement shall cancel out the conviction and terminate all incapacities
resulting therefrom.
Section IV - Extradition by the Indictment Chamber
§ 1 – General Provisions
ART 237: In the absence of treaties or international agreements, the Indictment Chamber shall
intervene in extradition processes as defined below.
§2 Active Extradition
ART 238: If Mali is the requesting State, the person requested pursuant to an extradition request made
to a requested third State may, in any case, after his/her receipt by Malian authorities, refer to the
Indictment Chamber in whose jurisdiction the hand over took place to challenge the validity of the
extradition proceedings against him/her.
The provisions of this Article shall be brought to his/her knowledge before any questioning or
hearing. A note shall be made in the report, a copy of which is issued to him.
ART 239: The person sought or his/her counsel, on pain of inadmissibility, shall file a complaint directly
with the Indictment Chamber within three days following the drawing up of the report referred to in
Article 238.
Upon receipt of the aforementioned request, the President of the Indictment Chamber shall
immediately forward a copy to the Attorney General within eight days of such receipt, and shall
convene the Indictment Chamber to adjudicate.
ART 240: The Indictment Chamber shall give its ruling in accordance with Articles 246 and 247 below.
Until its decision is handed down, its proceedings shall suspend all other proceedings as well as the
related measures and effects thereto against the person extradited. The latter may, however, during
the period specified above, be provisionally detained pursuant to a detention warrant issued by the
State Counsel to ensure that he/she appears before the Indictment Chamber.
ART 241: The Indictment Chamber shall rule through a judgement, which is not subject to appeal. Its
decision shall be to declare inadmissible, dismiss or annul the contested extradition proceedings. In
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