Section 34: Registration of sentence or compensatory order

34. Registration of sentence or compensatory order (1) Where the Attorney-General receives a request from the International Criminal Court for assistance in Mauritius to recover a fine to which a person has been sentenced in criminal proceedings in the International Criminal Court, or for the execution of an order for the payment of compensation for damages to any person made in such proceedings, he shall ascertain that— (a) the sentence or order is final and not subject to review or appeal; I15B – 17 [Issue 4] International Criminal Court Act (b) the person on whom the sentence was imposed or against whom the order was made, had the opportunity of defending himself; (c) the sentence or order cannot be satisfied in full except by confiscating and realising property; and (d) the person concerned holds property in Mauritius. (2) On being satisfied of the requirements under subsection (1), the Attorney-General shall lodge with the Clerk of a Court in Mauritius having jurisdiction or the Master and Registrar, as the case may be, a certified copy of the document confirming the sentence or order. (3) The Clerk of the Court or the Master and Registrar, as the case may be, shall forthwith give written notice of the registration of the sentence or order to the person on whom it was imposed or against whom it was made or who has effective control over the relevant property in Mauritius.