Part II
Extradition
CHAPTER I
Extradition from Portugal
Section II
Extradition procedure
Article 53
Appearance of the person claimed
1. The authority that proceeds to the arrest of the person claimed shall, through the most expedite means that afford evidence in writing, immediately inform the public prosecutor attached to the ""Tribunal da Relação"l" that has jurisdiction over the request.
2. Within 48 hours of his arrest, the person claimed must appear before the public prosecutor for the purpose of being heard; any property seized shall accompany the person.
3. The judge rapporteur shall hear the person after having appointed a legal counsel for that person if the latter has not done it himself.
4. The person shall be personally summoned to the hearing and informed of his right to be assisted by both a legal counsel and an interpreter.
5. Where for one reason or another the arrest cannot be examined by the ""Tribunal da Relação"l", the person must appear before public prosecutor attached to the court of first instance that has jurisdiction over the area of the seat of the ""Tribunal da Relação"l" that has jurisdiction over the request.
6. In the case mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the hearing shall have as its sole purpose for the judge of the court of first instance to examine whether the arrest was legal and whether it may continue ; the public prosecutor shall take whatever measures are necessary in order to ensure that the person appears in the first working day that follows.
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