Extradition Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 2
7. Arrest and remand on provisional arrest warrant
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A person arrested under a provisional arrest warrant shall be brought before a magistrate as soon as practicable.
provisional arrest warrant
“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;
Until the Attorney General issues an authority to proceed, the magistrate shall —
remand that person in custody; or
if the magistrate is satisfied that he is unlikely to abscond, release him on bail.
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A magistrate who releases a person on bail may order that his passport and other travel documents be surrendered until the extradition proceedings are concluded.
Subject to section 8, a person shall not be remanded in custody or released on bail for a period longer than 60 days.
After remanding him, the magistrate shall —
inform the Attorney General —
that he has remanded that person;
of the name of the requesting country;
of the offence for which surrender is being sought; and
provide to the Attorney General and the person being remanded a copy of the documents on which the issue of the provisional arrest warrant is based.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
requesting country
Defined · s 2“requesting country” means a country that is seeking the surrender of a person from Brunei Darussalam;
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To Commonwealth Countries
Part 4
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To Treaty Countries
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To Other Countries
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Search, Seizure and Transit
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Extradition to Brunei Darussalam
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