Extradition Act (S.C. 1999, c. 18)

Marginal note:Provisional arrest warrant

• 13 (1) A judge may, on ex parte application of the Attorney General, issue a warrant for the provisional arrest of a person, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that

  • (a) it is necessary in the public interest to arrest the person, including to prevent the person from escaping or committing an offence;

  • (b) the person is ordinarily resident in Canada, is in Canada or is on the way to Canada; and

  • (c) a warrant for the person’s arrest or an order of a similar nature has been issued or the person has been convicted.

• Marginal note:Contents of the warrant

  (2) A provisional arrest warrant must

  • (a) name or describe the person to be arrested;

  • (b) set out briefly the offence in respect of which the provisional arrest was requested; and

  • (c) order that the person be arrested without delay and brought before the judge who issued the warrant or before another judge in Canada.

• Marginal note:Execution throughout Canada

  (3) A provisional arrest warrant may be executed anywhere in Canada without being endorsed.