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for four days.
Section 17
Our Minister shall be notified forthwith of every decision made pursuant to any of the provi-
sions of sections 13 16.
PART B Procedure for dealing with a request for extradition
Section 18
(1) A request for extradition may be considered only if it satisfies the requirements specified
in the following subsections of this section.
(2) The request shall be made in writing, either through diplomatic channels or as far as the
applicable treaty makes provision therefor directly to Our Minister.
(3) The request must be accompanied by:
(a) the original or an authenticated copy either of an enforceable criminal conviction
in respect of the person claimed, or of a warrant for his arrest issued by the competent authoriti-
es of the requesting state, or of a document having the same force of law, drawn up in the form
prescribed by the law of such state and relating to the offences in respect of which extradition is
requested,
(b) a statement of the offences for which extradition is requested, specifying as preci-
sely as possible the time and place at which they were committed;
(c) the text of the applicable legal provisions or, in the case of unwritten law, a sufficient
statement of the purport of such law to enable the request to be assessed;
(d) the information needed for establishing the identity of the person claimed and in
case of any doubt as to this his nationality.
Section 19
If in the opinion of Our Minister the documents submitted do not satisfy the requirements of
section 18 or further requirements prescribed in the applicable treaty, he shall allow the autho-
rities of the requesting state the opportunity to supplement or correct the information supplied
within such reasonable period as he may specify.
Section 20
(1) Unless Our Minister is from the outset of the opinion that the request for extradition must
be refused, he shall pass the request together with the accompanying documents where neces-
sary after having allowed an opportunity to supplement or correct them in accordance with secti-
on 19 to the public prosecutor at the court of the district in which the person claimed is present.
(2) When there has first been a request for provisional arrest, the documents shall be sent to