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(1) Where the Minister approves a request of the Central Authority of a foreign State or the competent authority of a foreign entity to have a person in custody in this country transferred to a foreign State as witness or before the forum of a foreign entity as witness, the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister shall apply to a court in the area of jurisdiction where the person is detained, for a transfer order.

(2) An application shall

(a) indicate the name of the detained person,

(b) contain a statement of the detained person's consent,

(c) indicate the place of conferment of the person,

(d) specify the subject matter on which it is desired to examine the detained person or the questions to be put to the detained

person,

(e) specify the reasons why the detained person is sought to be transferred,

(f) designate a person or authority into whose custody the detained person is sought to be delivered,

(g) indicate the place to which the detained person is sought to be transferred, and

(h) specify the period of time at or before the expiration of which the detained person is to be released and returned to Ghana.

(3) A court to which an application is made under subsection (1), may order the detained person to be brought before that court for examination with respect to the transfer.

(4) A court that orders the detained person to be brought for examination shall seek the certified voluntary consent of that person in respect of the transfer of that person to the foreign State as witness.

(5) Where the court is satisfied after having

(a) considered the documents filed or information given in support of the application, and

(b) obtained the certified voluntary consent, the court may make the transfer order in accordance with the agreed fixed period for the transfer.

(6) The transfer order shall

(a) indicate the name of the detained person and the place of detention,

(b) order the person who has custody of the detained person to deliver the person into the custody of the person or authority designated in the order,

(c) specify the subject matter on which it is desired to examine the detained person,

(d) order the person or authority designated under paragraph

(e) to take the detained person

(i) to the foreign State, and

(ii) on the return of the detained person to this country to the previous place of detention,

(f) state the reasons for the transfer, and

(g) fix the period of time at or before the expiration of which the detained person shall be returned.

(7) The transfer order may include terms and conditions that the court considers appropriate, including conditions that relate to the protection of the interests of the detained person.

(8) The court that makes a transfer order, shall notify the Minister in writing of the content of the order.

(9) The period spent in custody by a detained person pursuant to a transfer order under this section shall if the person is of good behaviour whilst in custody count towards the serving of the sentence required to be served by the person in this country.

(10) Where a person in custody is transferred to a foreign State, the Central Authority shall notify the Central Authority of that foreign State or where applicable the competent authority of the foreign entity concerned of

(a) the date on which that person is due to be released from custody, and

(b) the date by which the Republic requires the return of the person, or

(c) any variation of the dates of release and return.