21Arrest following request for provisional arrest

21 Arrest following request for provisional arrest

(1) Subject to section 22, if: (a) the Attorney‑General receives a request for provisional arrest of a person; and (b) Division 2 has been complied with in respect of the request; the Attorney‑General may, by written notice in the statutory form expressed to be directed to any magistrate, state that the request has been received. (2) If the Attorney‑General issues such a notice, a magistrate must issue a warrant, by writing in the statutory form, for the person’s arrest if an application is made, in the statutory form, on behalf of the ICC, for issue of a warrant pursuant to the notice. (3) After the warrant has been issued, the magistrate must without delay send to the Attorney‑General a report stating that the magistrate has issued the warrant.