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International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

No. 18, 1995

Compilation No. 16

Compilation date:   9 December 2018

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 148, 2018

Registered:    12 December 2018

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 9 December 2018 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Modifications

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Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 The objects of this Act
4 Definitions
5 Some Territories to be regarded as States
6 External Territories
6A Application of the Criminal Code
Part 2—Requests by a Tribunal for assistance
7 Tribunal may request assistance
8 Form of requests
Part 3—Surrender of persons to a Tribunal
Division 1—Arrest of persons
9 Notice by Attorney‑General
10 Issue of warrants
11 Cancellation of warrants
12 Remand
13 Release from remand on the Attorney‑General's direction
14 Release from remand after certain periods
15 Application for search warrants
Division 2—Surrender of persons
16 Surrender determination by Attorney‑General
17 Release from remand on refusal to surrender the person
18 Surrender warrants
19 Persons imprisoned under Australian law
20 Detention following surrender warrants
21 Content of surrender warrants
22 Execution of surrender warrants
23 Release from remand
24 Effect of surrender to Tribunal on