Malaysia legislation

Section 26

of EXTRADITION ACT 1992

Section 26

Where, under the provisions of any law in force in Brunei

Darussalam or the Republic of Singapore, a judicial authority has issued a warrant authorizing the arrest of a person accused or convicted of an offence and that person is or is believed to be in

Malaysia, a Magistrate in Malaysia may, if satisfied that the warrant was duly issued in Brunei Darussalam or Singapore, endorse the warrant, and the warrant may then be executed on that person as if it were a warrant lawfully issued in Malaysia under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593].

Warrant executed in Brunei Darussalam or Singapore deemed to be validly executed in Malaysia 27.

Where, under the provisions of any law in force in Brunei

Darussalam or the Republic of Singapore corresponding to section 26, a warrant issued by a Magistrate or a Magistrate’s Court in

Malaysia has been endorsed by a Magistrate in Brunei Darussalam or the Republic of Singapore and executed on the person named in the warrant, the warrant shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to have been as validly executed as if the execution had been effected in Malaysia.

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Transfer of persons to Brunei Darussalam or Singapore

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