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| (1) A fugitive person arrested in pursuance of a warrant issued under section 8 shall, unless he is previously discharged under sub-section (3) of that section, be brought as soon as practicable before any such competent Magistrate's Court, in this Act referred to as a " Court of committal ", as may be directed by the warrant. |
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| (2) For the purposes of proceedings under this section, a Court of committal shall have the like powers, including power to adjourn the case and meanwhile to remand the fugitive person arrested under the warrant either in custody or on bail, and the proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the like manner, as if the proceedings were proofreading in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by that person, which is summarily triable by that Court in its capacity as a Magistrate's Court. |
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| (3) Where the fugitive person arrested is in custody by virtue of a provisional warrant and no authority to proceed has been received in respect of him, the Court of committal may fix a reasonable period, notice of which shall be given by the Court to the Minister, tier which he will be discharged from custody unless such an authority has been received. |
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| (4) Where an authority to proceed has been issued on respect of the fugitive person arrested and the Court of committal is satisfied, after, hearing any evidence tendered in support of the request for the return of that person or on behalf of that person, that the offence to which the authority relates is a relevant offence, and is further satisfied,-
| | (a) where that person is accused of the offence, that the evidence would be sufficient to warrant his trial for that offence if it has been committed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court; or | | |
| | (b) where that person is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction of the offence, that he has been so convicted and appears to be so at large, | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts