Section 29: Transfer of prisoner to give evidence or to assist in investigation
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29. Transfer of prisoner to give evidence or to assist in investigation
(1) Where the Attorney-General receives a request from the International
Criminal Court or from its Prosecutor for the transfer of a prisoner in Mauritius into the custody of the International Criminal Court, for the purpose of
giving evidence or assisting in an investigation, the Attorney-General shall
transmit the request to the Commissioner of Prisons.
(2) Where the prisoner consents to the transfer, the Commissioner of
Prisons may issue a warrant for the transfer of the prisoner into the custody
of the International Criminal Court, in accordance with the arrangements
made with the Registrar or the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
(3) Any period of imprisonment served in the custody of the International
Criminal Court by a prisoner transferred under this section shall be regarded
as a period of imprisonment served in Mauritius for the purposes of calculating the remaining term of imprisonment of that person.
(4) The Commissioner of Prisons shall, where it appears that the term of
imprisonment of the transferred prisoner will expire while that prisoner is still
in the custody of the International Criminal Court, inform the Registrar of the
Court in writing of the date on which that term of imprisonment will expire.