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5.—(1) Where the Secretary of State—
(a)receives a request from the Mechanism for the arrest of a person (“P”) who is suspected or accused of having committed a Mechanism crime; and
(b)the request is not accompanied by a warrant but is made on the grounds of urgency,
the Secretary of State must transmit the request to a constable and direct the constable to apply for a warrant for the arrest of P.
(2) An appropriate judicial officer may issue a warrant (“a provisional warrant”) for the arrest of P on an application by a constable stating on oath that the constable has reason to believe—
(a)that a request has been made on grounds of urgency by the Mechanism for the arrest of P who is suspected or accused of having committed a Mechanism crime;
(b)that P is in or on the way to the United Kingdom; and
(c)that the purpose of the arrest is to enable P to be brought before the Mechanism.
(3) If a provisional warrant is issued, the appropriate judicial officer must notify the Secretary of State.
(4) In the application of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) to Scotland, the following modifications have effect—
(a)the request by the Mechanism must be transmitted to a procurator fiscal who shall apply for a warrant;
(b)an application for a warrant must be made by the procurator fiscal and must be supported by information as respects the matters specified in paragraph (2).
(5) A person (“Q”) arrested under a provisional warrant must be brought before a competent court as soon as practicable, and—
(a)if an endorsed warrant in respect of Q is produced to the court, the court must proceed as if P had been arrested under that warrant, and article 6 applies accordingly;
(b)if a transfer order is produced to the court, the court must deal with Q in accordance with article 6(4) to (9); and
(c)if no such warrant or order is produced, the court may, pending the production of such a warrant or order, remand Q for not more than 18 days at a time, provided that the total period of remands does not exceed 40 days in all.
(6) If at any time an endorsed warrant relating to a person (“R”) remanded under article 5(c) is produced to the court which remanded R, the court must determine the period of remand and R must thereafter be treated as if arrested at that time under the endorsed warrant.
(7) If an endorsed warrant or transfer order relating to a person (“S”) remanded under article 5(c) is not produced to the court which remanded S within the period of S’s remand (including any extension of that period), S must be discharged by the court.
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