Part 2
Arrest and surrender of person to a Tribunal

Arrest of persons

10 Release from remand at direction of Attorney-General

(1) Where a person has been remanded under section 9 and the Attorney-General is satisfied that there are special circumstances

(1) that make it unjust or otherwise inappropriate for the remand to continue, the Attorney-General shall, by notice in writing, order the release from custody of the person or the discharge of the conditions on which bail was granted to the person, as the case may be.

(2) Where the Attorney-General makes an order under subsection (1) in relation to a person who has been remanded in custody, a copy of the notice shall be sent to the prison manager of the prison in which the person is detained, and upon receipt of the notice the person in custody shall be released unless the person is otherwise liable to be detained in custody.

(3) Where the Attorney-General makes an order under subsection (1) in relation to a person who has been remanded on bail, a copy of the notice shall be sent to the Registrar of the court at which the person was released on bail.

Part 2
Arrest and surrender of person to a Tribunal

Surrender of persons

18 Release from remand

(1) This section applies to a person

(a) in relation to whom a surrender warrant has been issued ; and
(b) who is in custody in New Zealand under the warrant, or otherwise under this Act, more than 2 months after the day on which the warrant was first liable to be executed.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the High Court shall order that a person to whom this section applies be released from that custody if —

(a) the person has made an application to the High Court to be released ; and
(b) reasonable notice of the intention to apply to the High Court was given by the person to the Attorney-General.

(3) The High Court shall not order that the person be released from custody if it is satisfied that the surrender warrant has not been executed within the period of 2 months, or since the person last made an application under subsection (2), as the case may be,—

(a) because to do so would have been dangerous to the per¬son's life or prejudicial to the person's health ; or
(b) for any other reasonable cause.

Article 92
Provisional arrest
3. A person who is provisionally arrested may be released from custody if the requested State
has not received the request for surrender and the documents supporting the request as specified in
article 91 within the time limits specified in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. However, the
person may consent to surrender before the expiration of this period if permitted by the law of the
requested State. In such a case, the requested State shall proceed to surrender the person to the
Court as soon as possible.