Extradition Act, 1965

Endorsement of warrants.

43.—(1) Where—

(a) a warrant has been issued by a judicial authority in a place in relation to which this Part applies for the arrest of a person accused or convicted of an offence under the law of that place, being an indictable offence or an offence punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment for a maximum period of at least six months, and

(b) on production of the warrant to the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána it appears to the Commissioner that the person named or described therein may be found in the State,

the Commissioner shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, endorse the warrant for execution.

(2) The endorsement shall be in the following form:

“I, A.B., Commissioner [or Deputy or Assistant Commissioner] of the Garda Síochána, hereby authorise the execution of this warrant in the State by any member of the Garda Síochána.

Signed _________________________

Date _________________________”  

(3) A warrant for the arrest of a person convicted of an offence under the law of a place in relation to which this Part applies shall not be endorsed under this section unless the purpose of the arrest is to enable him—

(a) to be brought before a court in that place for sentence in respect of the conviction, or

(b) to be taken to a place where he is to undergo imprisonment under such a sentence, not being imprisonment in default of the payment of a fine or other sum.