Extradition Act 1992 s 16
s 16 Procedure in respect of fugitive criminal apprehended on a provisional warrant
(1) A fugitive criminal who is apprehended on a provisional warrant shall be brought before any Magistrate who shall, in the case where the Minister has not received any requisition for the return of the fugitive criminal, order that the fugitive criminal be remanded in custody for such reasonable period of time as with reference to the circumstances of the case he may fix, and for this purpose, the Magistrate shall take into account any period in the relevant extradition arrangement relating to the permissible period of remand upon provisional arrest of a fugitive criminal.
(2) Upon receipt of the order of the Minister signifying that a requisition has been made for the return of the fugitive criminal, the Magistrate shall orderβ
(a) that the case be transmitted to the Sessions Court; and
(b) that his remand under subsection (1) be extended until his appearance before the Sessions Court.
(3) The Magistrate shall, where he has not received from the Minister within such period of time as he may fix under subsection
(1) an order signifying that a requisition has been made for the return of the fugitive criminal, order that the fugitive criminal be discharged.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tatacara berkenaan dengan penjenayah buruan yang diberkas berdasarkan waran sementara
(1) Seseorang penjenayah buruan yang diberkas berdasarkan suatu waran sementara hendaklah dibawa ke hadapan mana-mana Majistret yang hendaklah, jika Menteri tidak menerima apa-apa permintaan bagi pemulangan penjenayah buruan itu, memerintahkan supaya penjenayah buruan itu ditahan dalam jagaan selama tempoh masa yang munasabah yang ditetapkan olehnya setelah mengambil kira hal keadaan kes itu, dan, bagi maksud ini, Majistret hendaklah mengambil kira apa-apa tempoh dalam perkiraan ekstradisi yang relevan yang berhubungan dengan tempoh penahanan yang dibenarkan apabila penjenayah buruan ditangkap sementara.
(2) Apabila diterimanya perintah Menteri yang memaklumkan bahawa suatu permintaan telah dibuat bagi pemulangan penjenayah buruan itu, Majistret hendaklah memerintahkanβ
(a) supaya kes itu dipindahkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen; dan
(b) supaya penahanannya di bawah subseksyen (1) dilanjutkan sehingga dia dibawa hadir di hadapan Mahkamah Sesyen.
(3) Majistret hendaklah, jika dia tidak menerima suatu perintah daripada Menteri dalam tempoh masa yang ditetapkannya di bawah subseksyen (1) yang memaklumkan bahawa suatu rekuisisi telah dibuat bagi pemulangan penjenayah buruan itu, memerintahkan supaya penjenayah buruan itu dilepaskan.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
