Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1994

Execution of certain warrants by members of Garda Síochána not in possession of the warrants.

6.—For the purpose of enabling certain warrants issued or endorsed under the Principal Act to be executed by a member of the Garda Síochána notwithstanding that he is not in possession of the warrants, the Principal Act shall be amended as follows:

(a) in section 26 (warrant of arrest), the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2):

“(2) A warrant issued under this section may be executed by any member of the Garda Síochána in any part of the State and may be so executed notwithstanding that it is not in the possession of the member at the time; and the warrant shall be shown to, and a copy of same given to, the person arrested at the time of such arrest or, if the warrant is not then in the possession of the member, within 24 hours thereafter.”,

(b) in section 27 (provisional arrest), the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (4):

“(4) A warrant issued under this section may be executed by any member of the Garda Síochána in any part of the State and may be so executed notwithstanding that it is not in the possession of the member at the time; and the warrant shall be shown to, and a copy of same given to, the person arrested at the time of such arrest or, if the warrant is not then in the possession of the member, within 24 hours thereafter.”,

and

(c) in section 45 (execution of warrants), the following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (1):

“(1) A warrant endorsed under section 43 may be executed by any member of the Garda Síochána in any part of the State and may be so executed notwithstanding that it is not in the possession of the member at the time; and the warrant shall be shown to, and a copy of same given to, the person arrested at the time of such arrest or, if the warrant is not then in the possession of the member, within 24 hours thereafter.”.