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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2002 No. 41, 2002 - SECT 79

Facilitating the provision of records or documents
(1)
This section applies if:

(a)
the ICC requests assistance for the provision of records or documents, including official records or official documents; and
(b)
the Attorney-General is satisfied that:
(i)
the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(ii)
the records or documents are or may be in Australia.
(2)
The Attorney-General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, the provision of the records or documents.

(3)
If the Attorney-General authorises the provision of records or documents, an appropriate authority is to:

(a)
locate and make available the records or documents; and
(b)
make such report on his or her efforts as he or she considers to be appropriate in the circumstances; and
(c)
send to the Attorney-General the report and any of the records or documents that are located.
(4)
This section does not give to any person power to require the production of a record or document.



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