Act 11
International Criminal Court Act
2010
(b) holding that a person is ineligible for arrest or surrender to the
ICC under this Act; or
(c) holding that a person is not obliged to provide the assistance
sought in a request by the ICC.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply subject to section 24(6).
PART IV—ARREST AND SURRENDER OF PERSON TO ICC.
Request from ICC for Arrest and Surrender
26. Request for arrest and surrender.
(1) Subject to sections 27 and 28, when the Minister receives a
request for arrest and surrender under article 89 of the Statute, the
Minister shall, if satisfied that the request is supported by the
information and documents required by article 91 of the Statute—
(a) transmit the request and any supporting documents to a Registrar
and request the endorsement of the ICC warrant or the issue
of a domestic warrant as appropriate; and
(b) notify the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(2) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (1) (a) the Registrar, if
satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person named
in the warrant is in or on his or her way to Uganda shall—
(a) if the request is accompanied by a warrant of arrest, endorse the
warrant for execution by a police officer in any part of
Uganda; or
(b) if the request relates to a person convicted by the ICC and is not
accompanied by a warrant of arrest, issue a warrant of arrest
in a form as near as possible to a prescribed form under the
criminal procedure law of Uganda, for execution by the
police officer in any part of Uganda.
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