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| (1) A warrant for the arrest of a fugitive person accused of a relevant offence, or alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of such an offence, may be issued-
| | (a) on the receipt of an authority to proceed, by a competent Magistrate's Court; or | | |
| | (b) without such an authority, by such Court or by any other Magistrate's Court in any part of Ceylon, upon information that such person is or is believed to be in or on his way to Ceylon. | | |
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| (2) A warrant of arrest under this section may be issued upon such evidence as would, in the opinion of the Court, authorize the issue of a warrant for the arrest of a person accused of committing a corresponding offence or, as the case may be, of a person alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of an offence, within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court. |
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| (3) Where a provisional warrant is issued under this section, the Court by which it is issued shall forthwith give notice to the Minister, and transmit to him the information and evidence, or certified copies of the information and evidence, upon which in was issued; and the Minister may in any case, and shall if he decides not to issue an authority to proceed in respect of the fugitive person to whom the warrant relates, by order cancel the warrant and, if that person has been arrested thereunder, discharge him from custody. |
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| (4) Notwithstanding anything in the Criminal Procedure Code, a warrant of arrest issued under this section may, without an endorsement to that effect, be executed in any part of Ceylon, whether such part is within or outside the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court by which it is so issued, and may be so executed by any person to whom it is directed, or by any police officer. |
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| (5) Where a warrant is issued under this section for the arrest of a fugitive person accused of an offence of stealing or receiving stolen property, or any other offence in respect of property, any Magistrate's Court in any part of Ceylon shall have the like power to issue a warrant to search for the property as if the offence has been committed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of that Court. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts