EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 29 Provisional arrest warrants
EXTRADITION ACT 1988 - SECT 29
Provisional arrest warrants(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.