Warrant for arrest under subsection 12(1)
Form 5 Warrant for arrest under subsection 12(1)
(subsection 12(1) and regulation 3)
Commonwealth of Australia
Extradition Act 1988
WARRANT FOR ARREST UNDER SUBSECTION 12(1)
To all police officers within the meaning of the Extradition Act 1988.
WHEREAS:
an application has been made to me, in the statutory form, on behalf of (insert name of country), an extradition country, for the issue of a warrant for the arrest of (insert name of person); and
I am satisfied, on the basis of information given by the affidavit annexed to that application and marked ..............................................................., that † is an extraditable person for the purposes of the Extradition Act 1988 in relation to that extradition country;
NOW THEREFORE I, (name and designation of magistrate or eligible Judge), a magistrate or eligible Judge within the meaning of the Extradition Act 1988, under subsection 12(1) of that Act, hereby authorise and request you to arrest
† and to bring *him/*her/, as soon as practicable, before a magistrate or eligible Judge in the *State/*Territory/ in which *he/*she/ is arrested to be dealt with according to law.
Dated
(Signature and designation of magistrate or eligible Judge issuing warrant)
* Omit if not applicable.
† Insert name of person.
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