Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 4
26. Provisional arrest warrant
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A magistrate shall issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of a person if —
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;
designated country
“designated country” means a country specified in Schedule 2;
the magistrate is informed by affidavit that —
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
original warrant
“original warrant” means a warrant issued in a designated country for the arrest of a person;
the person named in the original warrant may be in or on his way to Brunei Darussalam; and
the magistrate is satisfied that it is reasonable in the circumstances to issue a warrant.
Terms defined in s 2
designated country
Defined · s 2“designated country” means a country specified in Schedule 2;
original warrant
Defined · s 2“original warrant” means a warrant issued in a designated country for the arrest of a person;
provisional arrest warrant
Defined · s 2“provisional arrest warrant” means — (a) in Part 2, a warrant, in accordance with Form 1 in Schedule 4, issued under section 6(1); (b) in Part 4, a warrant, in accordance with Form 2 in Schedule 4, issued under section 26;
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