Case No.: IT-95-8/1-PT

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I, PATRICK ROBINSON, Judge of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the International Tribunal"),

HAVING BEEN APPOINTED as pre-trial Judge in this matter by virtue of an Order of the Trial Chamber dated 10 December 2001,

BEING SEISED of a "Defence Request for Extension of Time-Limits" filed by counsel for the accused, Predrag Banovic, on 18 April 2002 and a "Request of Defendant Fustar to Enlarge Time in which to file any Preliminary Motions relating to the Third Amended Indictment" filed by counsel for the accused, Dusan Fustar, on 22 April 2002 (together "the Requests"), seeking an extension of time in which to respond to a "Prosecution Motion for Leave to Amend the Second Amended Indictment" ("the Prosecution Motion") on the ground that the proposed amended indictment is not yet available in the language of the accused,

CONSIDERING the reasons stated in support of the Requests,

PURSUANT TO Rule 127 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("Rules")

HEREBY GRANT the Requests and ORDER the Defence to file their responses to the Prosecution Motion within fourteen days from the date on which the proposed amended indictment is filed in a language the accused understand.

Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.

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Patrick Robinson
Pre-trial Judge

Dated this twenty-fourth day of April 2002
At The Hague
The Netherlands