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 110 STAT. 486 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 18 USC 3181 SEC. 1342. JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL note. FOR YUGOSLAVIA AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBU- NAL FOR RWANDA. (a) SURRENDER OF PERSONS. — (1) APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES EXTRADITION LAWS. — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the provisions of chapter 209 of title 18, United States Code, relating to the extradition of persons to a foreign country pursuant to a treaty or convention for extradition between the United States and a foreign government, shall apply in the same manner and extent to the surrender of persons, including United States citizens, to— (A) the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia, pursuant to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia; and (B) the International Tribunal for Rwanda, pursuant to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Tribunal for Rwanda. (2) EVIDENCE ON HEARINGS.—For purposes of applying section 3190 of title 18, United States Code, in accordance with paragraph (1), the certification referred to in that section may be made by the principal diplomatic or consular officer of the United States resident in such foreign countries where the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia or the International Tribunal for Rwanda may be permanently or temporarily situated. (3) PAYMENT OF FEES AND COSTS. — (A) The provisions of the Agreement Between the United States and the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia and of the Agreement Between the United States and the International Tribunal for Rwanda shall apply in lieu of the provisions of section 3195 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to the payment of expenses arising from the surrender by the United States of a person to the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia or the International Tribunal for Rwanda, respectively, or from any proceedings in the United States relating to such surrender. (B) The authority of subparagraph (A) may be exercised only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (4) NONAPPLICABILITY OF THE FEDERAL RULES.— The Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure do not apply to proceedings for the surrender of persons to the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia or the International Tribunal for Rwanda. (b) ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS AND TO LITIGANTS BEFORE SUCH TRIBUNALS.— Section 1782(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting in the first sentence after "foreign or international tribunal" the following: ", including criminal investigations conducted before formal accusation". (c) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section: (1) INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR YUGOSLAVIA. — The term "International Tribunal for Yugoslavia" means the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia, as established by

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