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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2002 - SECT 162 Designation of Australia as place for service of sentence

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2002 - SECT 162

Designation of Australia as place for service of sentence

  (1)   If:

  (a)   the Attorney - General has given a notification under section   160 and has not withdrawn the notification under section   161; and

  (b)   the ICC imposes a sentence of imprisonment on a person convicted of a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC; and

  (c)   the ICC designates Australia, under article 103 of the Statute, as the country in which the sentence is to be served;

the Attorney - General is to consider whether to accept the designation.

  (2)   Before accepting the designation, the Attorney - General may request the ICC to provide the Attorney - General with any relevant information that will enable the Attorney - General to assess whether the designation should be accepted.