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s 52Persons temporarily surrendered to Brunei Darussalam

(1)

This section applies if the person surrendered to

Brunei Darussalam —

(a)

has not completed a custodial sentence in the surrendering country immediately before being surrendered; or

(b)

is a person whom Brunei Darussalam has undertaken to hold in custody and return to the surrendering country.

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(2)

That person —

(a)

shall, while travelling to and from, and while in,

Brunei Darussalam, be kept in the custody ordered in writing by the

Attorney General;

(b)

may only be tried for an offence for which he was surrendered; and

(c)

after he has been tried, shall be returned to the surrendering country.

(3)

The Attorney General shall order that a person be released from custody if —

(a)

he is held in custody only because of an order under subsection (2); and

(b)

the surrendering country has notified Brunei Darussalam that it no longer requires him to be returned.