Section 27
Lawfulness of, and retaking on escape from, custody under warrants.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the extradition of fugitive criminals and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
It shall be lawful
for any person to whom a warrant is directed for the apprehension of a fugitive criminal to hold in
custody and convey the person mentioned in the warrant to the place named in the warrant, and if
such person escapes out of any custody to which he may be delivered in pursuance of such warrant, he
may be re-taken as a person accused of an offence against the law of India may be re-taken upon an
escape.