24 Requests for assistance
(1)
(a)
(vii) the temporary transfer of prisoners; or
95 Request for temporary transfer of prisoner
(1) This section applies if the ICC requests assistance under Article 93(1)(f) of the Statute in facilitating the temporary transfer to the ICC of a New Zealand prisoner.
(2) The Attorney-General may give authority for the request to proceed if the Attorney-General is satisfied that—
(a) the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(b) the prisoner’s attendance is sought for the purposes of identification or for obtaining evidence or other assistance.
136 Transit by person being surrendered or transferred to ICC
(1) This section and sections 137, 138, and 150 to 156 apply to a person (the transferee) who—
(a) is being surrendered to the ICC by another State under Article 89 of the Statute; or
(b) is a person to whom Article 93(7) of the Statute applies, and is being temporarily transferred to the ICC by another State; or
(c) is a person sentenced to imprisonment by the ICC and who is being transferred to or from the ICC, or between States, in connection with that sentence.
(2) The transferee may be transported through New Zealand for the purpose of being surrendered or transferred to the ICC or to another State, as the case may be.
Effect of surrender on prisoner sentence
(1) Subecjt to subsection (2), where a person who is serving a setnce in respect of an offence against the law of New Zealand is surrendered to a Tribunal, the person shall, while he or she is in the custody of, or on the order of, the Tribunal (including custody outside New Zealand), be deemed to be continuing to serve that sentence.
(0) If the person is convicted of a Tribunal offence, time spent by the person in custody serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed by the Tribunal for the Tribunal offence is not to be counted as time towards the sentence referred to in subsection (1).
Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoners' sentence
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:
(f) The temporary transfer of persons as provided in paragraph 7;
(a) The Court may request the temporary transfer of a person in custody for purposes of identification or for obtaining testimony or other assistance. The person may be transferred if the following conditions are fulfilled:
(i) The person freely gives his or her informed consent to the transfer; and
(ii) The requested State agrees to the transfer, subject to such conditions as that State and the Court may agree.
(b) The person being transferred shall remain in custody. When the purposes of the transfer have been fulfilled, the Court shall return the person without delay to the requested State.