Section 28: Securing attendance of witnesses
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28. Securing attendance of witnesses
(1) Every summons issued by a Judge or the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the attendance of a person in any proceedings
before the International Criminal Court shall be transmitted to the AttorneyGeneral.
(2) On receipt of a summons, the Attorney-General shall immediately
transmit it to the Magistrate within whose area of jurisdiction the person
resides or is present.
(3) The Magistrate shall, if satisfied that the summons was issued by the
International Criminal Court, endorse it for service upon such person, and the
endorsed summons may be served as if it were a summons issued by the
Magistrate.
(4) A return of service indicating that the summons was properly served
on the person concerned, together with a certificate by the Magistrate to the
effect that such person failed to appear at the time and place specified in the
summons, shall be prima facie proof that the person failed to appear before
the International Criminal Court.
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