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Section 16 – The Extradition Act,1962

The Extradition Act,1962

16. Provisional warrant for apprehension of fugitive criminal.

(1) Any magistrate may issue a provisional warrant for the apprehension of fugitive criminal from any commonwealth country to which this Chapter applies who is, or is suspected to be, in or on his way of India, on such information and under such circumstances as would, in his opinion justify the issue of a warrant , if the offence of which the fugitive criminal is accused or has been convicted had been committed within his jurisdiction and such warrant may be executed accordingly.

(2) A magistrate issuing a provisional warrant shall forthwith send a report of the issue of the warrant together with the information or a certified copy thereof to the Central Government and the Central Government may, if it thinks fit discharge the person apprehended under such warrant.

(3) A fugitive criminal apprehended on a provisional warrant may, from time to time be remanded for such reasonable time, not exceeding seven days at any one time, as under the circumstances seems requisite for the production of an endorsed warrant.

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