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EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 29 Provisional arrest warrants

EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 29

Provisional arrest warrants

    Where:

  (a)   an application is made, in the statutory form, on behalf of New Zealand to a magistrate or eligible Judge for the issue of a warrant in relation to a person under this section;

  (b)   the magistrate or Judge is informed by affidavit that a New Zealand warrant has been issued in relation to the person;

  (c)   no application is before the magistrate or Judge under section   28 for the indorsement of such a warrant; and

  (d)   the magistrate or Judge considers that the issue of a warrant in relation to the person under this section is, having regard to any information that the magistrate or Judge considers relevant, justified in all the circumstances;

the magistrate or Judge shall issue a warrant, in the statutory form, for the arrest of the person.