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Extradition Act · s 18

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s 18Surrender warrant

(1)

The surrender warrant shall —

(a)

be in writing;

(b)

state the offences for which that person is to be surrendered;

(c)

require any person who has custody of that person to hand him over to a police officer;

(d)

authorise a police officer to —

(i)

transport that person from the place where the police officer takes custody of him to another place within Brunei Darussalam for the purpose of handing him over to the custody of a foreign escort officer; and

(ii)

hold that person in custody for so long as is necessary to enable him to be handed over to the custody of a foreign escort officer; and

(e)

authorise the foreign escort officer to transport that person out of Brunei Darussalam.

(2)

If that person is serving a custodial sentence, or has been admitted to bail, in

Brunei

Darussalam for an offence committed in

Brunei Darussalam, the surrender warrant shall not be executed until —

(a)

he has been released from custody; or

(b)

the sureties for the bail have been discharged.