Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Extradition Act, 1962

Year: 1962

Enactment Date: 1962-09-15

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of External Affairs

Department:

Section 34B: Provisional arrest.
    1[34B. Provisional arrest.--(1) On receipt of an urgent request from a foreign State for the immediate arrest of a fugitive criminal, the Central Government may request the Magistrate having competent jurisdiction to issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of such fugitive criminal.
     (2) A fugitive criminal arrested under sub-section (1) shall be discharged upon the expiration of sixty days from the date of his arrest if no request for his surrender or return is received within the said period.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for section 34 (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).
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