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ARTICLE 8
PROVISIONAL ARREST
(1)
In urgent cases the person sought may, in
accordance with the law of the requested Party, be
provisionally arrested on the application of the
competent authorities of the requesting Party. The
application for provisional arrest
arrest shall contain an
indication of intention to request the surrender of the
person sought and a statement of the existence of a
warrant of arrest or a judgment of conviction against
that person,
and such further information, if
would be necessary to justify the issue of a
the issue of a warrant of
arrest had the offence been committed, or the person
sought been convicted, within the jurisdiction of the
requested Party.
(2)
if any, as
An application for provisional arrest may be
forwarded through the same channels as a request for
surrender or through the International Criminal Police
Organisation (INTERPOL).
(3) The provisional arrest of the person sought shall
be terminated upon the expiration of forty-five days
from the date of his arrest if the request for
for his
surrender shall not have been received. This provision
shall not prevent the re-arrest or surrender of the
person sought if the request for his surrender
received subsequently.
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