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ARTICLE 8
PROVISIONAL ARREST
И
(1) In urgent cases the
person sought may, in
accordance with the law of the requested Party,
provisionally arrested on the application of the
competent authorities of the requesting Party. The
application for provisional 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 any, as
would be necessary to justify 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.
arrest may be
(2) An application for provisional
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 his
surrender shall not have been received.
shall not prevent the re-arrest or
This provision
surrender of the
person sought if the request for his surrender is
received subsequently.
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