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).