Extradition Act · s 26

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s 26Provisional arrest warrant

A magistrate shall issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of a person if —

(a)

an application is made to the magistrate on behalf of a designated country for the issue of a warrant for the arrest of that person;

(b)

the magistrate is informed by affidavit that —

(i)

an original warrant for the arrest of that person has been issued in the designated country but is not yet available in Brunei Darussalam; and

(ii)

the person named in the original warrant may be in or on his way to Brunei Darussalam; and

(c)

the magistrate is satisfied that it is reasonable in the circumstances to issue a warrant.