Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                              1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ The objects of this Act ........................................................................ 1

4............ Definitions .......................................................................................... 2

5............ Some Territories to be regarded as States ............................................ 6

6............ External Territories .............................................................................. 6

6A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 7

Part 2--Requests by a Tribunal for assistance                                                     8

7............ Tribunal may request assistance .......................................................... 8

8............ Form of requests ................................................................................. 8

Part 3--Surrender of persons to a Tribunal                                                        10

Division 1--Arrest of persons                                                                                 10

9............ Notice by Attorney-General .............................................................. 10

10.......... Issue of warrants ............................................................................... 10

11.......... Cancellation of warrants .................................................................... 11

12.......... Remand ............................................................................................. 11

13.......... Release from remand on the Attorney-General's direction ................ 12

14.......... Release from remand after certain periods ......................................... 12

15.......... Application for search warrants ........................................................ 13

Division 2--Surrender of persons                                                                         14

16.......... Surrender determination by Attorney-General .................................. 14

17.......... Release from remand on refusal to surrender the person ................... 14

18.......... Surrender warrants ............................................................................ 14

19.......... Persons imprisoned under Australian law ......................................... 15

20.......... Detention following surrender warrants ............................................ 15

21.......... Content of surrender warrants ........................................................... 15

22.......... Execution of surrender warrants ....................................................... 16

23.......... Release from remand ......................................................................... 16

24.......... Effect of surrender to Tribunal on person's terms of imprisonment .. 17

25.......... Expiry of Australian sentences while under Tribunal detention ........ 17

Part 4--Other forms of assistance to a Tribunal                                               19

Division 1--Taking evidence etc.                                                                          19

26.......... Attorney-General may authorise taking of evidence etc. ................... 19

27.......... Taking of evidence ............................................................................ 19

28.......... Producing documents or other articles .............................................. 20

29.......... Legal representation .......................................................................... 20

30.......... Form of certificates ........................................................................... 21

31.......... Compellability of persons to attend etc. ............................................. 21

32.......... Tribunal immunity certificates ........................................................... 22

Division 2--Search and seizure                                                                              23

33.......... Attorney-General may authorise applications for search warrants .... 23

34.......... Applications for search warrants ....................................................... 23

Division 3--Giving evidence at hearings, or assisting in investigations, in foreign countries    25

35.......... Persons giving evidence or assisting (other than prisoners) .............. 25

36.......... Prisoners giving evidence or assisting .............................................. 25

37.......... Undertakings relating to prisoners .................................................... 27

38.......... Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoners' terms of imprisonment               28

Division 4--Custody of persons in transit                                                        29

39.......... Transit ............................................................................................... 29

Division 5--Service of process                                                                               30

40.......... Service of process ............................................................................. 30

Part 5--Sittings of a Tribunal in Australia                                                           31

41.......... Tribunal sittings in Australia ............................................................. 31

42.......... Tribunal's powers while sitting in Australia ..................................... 31

43.......... Contravention of Tribunal orders etc. ................................................ 31

Part 6--Forfeiture of proceeds of Tribunal offences                                     33

44.......... Requests for enforcement of forfeiture orders ................................... 33

45.......... Registration of order [see Note 2] ..................................................... 33

46.......... Effect of order ................................................................................... 34

46A....... Effect on third parties of registration of forfeiture orders
[see Note 2] ....................................................................................... 35

Part 7--Search, seizure and powers of arrest                                                     37

Division 1--Search warrants                                                                                  37

47.......... When search warrants can be issued ................................................. 37

48.......... Content of warrants ........................................................................... 38

49.......... The things authorised by a search warrant in relation to premises ..... 40

50.......... The things authorised by a search warrant in relation to a person ..... 40

51.......... Restrictions on personal searches ...................................................... 41

52.......... Warrants may be issued by telephone etc. ......................................... 41

53.......... Formalities relating to warrants issued by telephone etc. ................... 42

Division 2--Provisions relating to execution of search warrants       44

54.......... Availability of assistance and use of force in executing a warrant ..... 44

55.......... Copy of warrant to be shown to occupier etc. ................................... 44

56.......... Specific powers available to officers executing warrants .................. 45

57.......... Use of equipment to examine or process things ................................ 45

58.......... Use of electronic equipment at premises ........................................... 46

59.......... Compensation for damage to electronic equipment ........................... 48

60.......... Copies of seized things to be provided .............................................. 48

61.......... Occupier entitled to be present during search .................................... 49

62.......... Receipts for things seized under warrant ........................................... 49

Division 3--Stopping and searching conveyances                                       50

63.......... Searches without warrant in emergency situations ............................ 50

64.......... How a police officer exercises a power under section 63 .................. 50

Division 4--Arrest and related matters                                                            52

65.......... Power to enter premises to arrest person ........................................... 52

66.......... Use of force in making arrest ............................................................ 52

67.......... Persons to be informed of grounds of arrest ..................................... 53

68.......... Power to conduct a frisk search of an arrested person ...................... 53

69.......... Power to conduct an ordinary search of an arrested person .............. 54

70.......... Power to conduct search of arrested person's premises .................... 54

71.......... Power to conduct an ordinary search or strip search ......................... 54

72.......... Rules for conduct of strip search ....................................................... 55

Division 5--General                                                                                                     58

73.......... Conduct of ordinary searches and frisk searches .............................. 58

74.......... Announcement before entry .............................................................. 58

75.......... Offence for making false statements in warrants ............................... 58

76.......... Offences relating to telephone warrants ............................................ 59

77.......... Retention of things seized ................................................................. 59

Part 8--Miscellaneous                                                                                                        61

78.......... Arrest of persons escaping from custody .......................................... 61

79.......... Arrest of person released on bail ....................................................... 61

80.......... Aiding persons to escape etc. ............................................................ 61

81.......... Legal assistance ................................................................................. 61

82.......... Arrangements with States ................................................................. 62

83.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 63

84.......... Act not to limit other provision of assistance .................................... 63

85.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 63

Schedule 1--Resolution 827 (1993)                                                                            64

Schedule 2--Statute of the former Yugoslavia Tribunal                             67

Schedule 3--Resolution 955 (1994)                                                                            80

Schedule 4--Statute of the Rwanda Tribunal                                                    83

Notes                                                                                                                                              97

Notes to the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

Note 1

The International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 18, 1995 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995	18, 1995	29 Mar 1995	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 28 Aug 1995 (see Gazette 1995, No. S323)
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	24, 2001	6 Apr 2001	S. 4(1), (2) and Schedule 33: (a)	S. 4(1) and (2)
Proceeds of Crime (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2002	86, 2002	11 Oct 2002	Ss. 1-3: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Jan 2003 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 2002, No. GN44)	Sch. 2 (item 5)
Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003	41, 2003	3 June 2003	Schedule 2 (items 8, 9, 12, 13): Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (item 13)
Statute Law Revision Act 2006	9, 2006	23 Mar 2006	Schedule 1 (item 16): (b)	--
Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Identity Crimes and Other Measures) Act 2011	3, 2011	2 Mar 2011	Schedule 2 (item 25): 3 Mar 2011	--
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Act 2011	83, 2011	25 July 2011	Schedule 1 (items 3, 4, 8, 9): Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 8, 9)
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011	174, 2011	5 Dec 2011	Schedule 2 (items 210-217): 1 Jan 2012	Sch. 2 (item 217)

(a)     The International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 was amended by Schedule 33 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(a) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the later of the following times:

                              (a)   immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000;

         Item 15 commenced on 24 May 2001.

(b)     Subsection 2(1) (item 10) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2006 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
10.  Schedule 1, item 16	Immediately after the commencement of section 51 of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995.	28 August 1995

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 4......................................	am. No. 41, 2003; No. 174, 2011
S. 6A ..................................	ad. No. 24, 2001
Part 4
Division 1
S. 29....................................	am. No. 41, 2003
Part 5
S. 43 ...................................	am. No. 24, 2001
Part 6
S. 44....................................	am. No. 174, 2011
S. 45....................................	am. Nos. 83 and 174, 2011
S. 46....................................	am. No. 86, 2002; No. 174, 2011
S. 46A.................................	ad. No. 86, 2002
	am. No. 174, 2011
Part 7
Division 1
S. 51....................................	am. No. 9, 2006
Part 8
S. 80....................................	am. No. 41, 2003
	rs. No. 3, 2011

Note 2

Subsections 45(1) and 46A(9)--Schedule 2 (items 213 and 216) of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011 (No. 174, 2011) provide as follows:

Schedule 2

213  Subsection 45(1)

Omit "direct the Director of Public Prosecutions:", substitute "direct the authority:".

216  Subsection 46A(9)

Omit "The DPP", substitute "That proceeds of crime authority".

The proposed amendments were misdescribed and are not incorporated in this compilation.

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 24, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Subject to subsection (3), each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Proceeds of Crime (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2002 (No. 86, 2002)

Schedule 2

5  Continued application of certain regulations made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987

If:

                     (a)  immediately after the commencement of this Schedule, regulations for the purposes of subsection 46A(8) of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 are not in force; and

                     (b)  immediately before that commencement, regulations for the purposes of subsection 23A(10) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 were in force;

subsection 46A(8) of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 has effect, until regulations for the purposes of that subsection come into force, as if the regulations referred to in paragraph (b) were regulations for the purposes of that subsection.

Crimes Legislation Enhancement Act 2003 (No. 41, 2003)

Schedule 2

13  Application

The amendment made by item 12 applies in relation to the escape of a person after the commencement of this item, whether or not the person was in custody from before that commencement or was arrested before that commencement.

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Act 2011 (No. 83, 2011)

Schedule 1

8  Application of amendments made by this Schedule

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to an application for registration of a foreign order considered by a court on or after the day on which this item commences, whether the request for registration was made before, on or after that day.

9  Registration of foreign orders before commencement unaffected

The amendments made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of the registration of a foreign order by a court before the day on which this item commences.

Crimes Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2011 (No. 174, 2011)

Schedule 2

217  Application of amendments--the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

(1)       The amendments of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 made by items 210 to 216 of this Schedule apply as set out in this item.

(2)       The amendments apply in relation to requests by a Tribunal to the Attorney-General under that Act made before, at or after the commencement of those items.

(3)       The amendments apply under subitem (2) of this item regardless of whether the conduct giving rise to those requests occurred, or is suspected to have occurred, before, at or after the commencement of those items.