Identification and whereabouts of persons - national proceedings

Poland

Poland - Code of Criminal Procedure 1997 (2003) EN

Searching for the accused and the wanted notice

Article 278. If the place of stay of the accused is unknown, a search for him shall be ordered. Article 247 shall be applied accordingly.

Article 279. § 1. If the accused with respect to whom an order for preliminary detention has been issued, has gone into hiding, the court or the state prosecutor may issue the order for search in the form of a wanted notice.

§ 2. If no prior order for preliminary detention has been issued, such an order may be issued at any time, whether or not the suspect has been examined.

Article 280. § 1. A wanted notice shall include:

the name of the court or the state prosecutor who has issued the order for search in the form of a wanted notice,

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(a) The identification and whereabouts of persons or the location of items;