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Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act.
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12.—Section 47 (proceedings before District Court) shall be amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1):
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“(1) Where a person named or described in a warrant is before the District Court in pursuance of this Part, that Court shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, make an order for his delivery into the custody of a member of a police force of the place in which the warrant was issued, for conveyance to that place, and remand him until so delivered.
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(1A) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a person in whose case an order is made under subsection (1) shall be brought by the Garda Síochána as soon as may be to a point of departure from the State and there delivered into the custody of a member of the police force of the place in which the warrant concerned was issued for conveyance to that place.”,
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and
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):
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“(4) Subject to section 7A (inserted by the Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1994), the Court shall have the same powers of adjournment and remand as if the person concerned were brought before the Court charged with an indictable offence.”.
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