Section 5: Provisional arrest

Extradition Act 2003 · 2003 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Extradition to category 1 territories

A constable, a customs officer or a service policeman may arrest a person without a warrant if he has reasonable grounds for believing—

that a Part 1 warrant has been or will be issued in respect of the person by an authority of a category 1 territory, and
that the authority has the function of issuing arrest warrants in the category 1 territory.

A constable or a customs officer may arrest a person under subsection (1) in any part of the United Kingdom.

A service policeman may arrest a person under subsection (1) only if the person is subject to service law or is a civilian subject to service discipline.

If a service policeman has power to arrest a person under subsection (1) he may exercise the power anywhere.

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