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the public prosecutor who has already been concerned with the case in connection with such
request.
(3) If criminal proceedings against the person claimed are pending in the Netherlands and he
has for this reason been provisionally deprived of his liberty, the documents may, notwithstan-
ding the above provisions, be sent to the public prosecutor responsible for such proceedings.
(4) If it is not known for the time being in what district the person claimed is present, Our Mi-
nister shall send the documents to the public prosecutor in Amsterdam.
Section 21
(1) The public prosecutor who has received the request for extradition may order the arrest of
the person claimed.
(2) The claimed person whose arrest has been ordered in accordance with the preceding sec-
tion shall be brought before the public prosecutor or, in his absence, before an assistant public
prosecutor within twenty four hours of his arrest. After examination by an assistant public pro-
secutor, the arrested person shall be brought as quickly as possible before the public prosecutor.
(3) After the person claimed has been heard, the public prosecutor may order that he conti-
nue to be held in police detention until such time as the district court decides whether to remand
him in custody.
(4) The order for police detention may be terminated at any time either by the district court or
by the public prosecutor ex officio or at the request of the person claimed or his counsel.
Section 22
(1) If on the day on which the public prosecutor receives the request for extradition the person
claimed has already been held in police detention or remanded in custody pursuant to sections
14 or 15 as the case may be, he may contrary to the provisions of section 14, subsections 3 and 4,
or the opening words of section 16 and (c) thereof, as the case may be continue to be deprived of
his liberty by order of the public prosecutor until such time as the district court decides whether
he is to be remanded in custody.
(2) The public prosecutor shall give immediately notice of an order as referred to in the pre-
ceding subsection to the examining magistrate who has ordered the remand in custody under
section 15.
Section 23
(1) Not later than the third day following that on which he has received the request for extra-