Japan

Act of Extradition

(Detention of fugitive)
Artilcle 5.

1. Upon receiving an order from the Minister of Justice as provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 4, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, except when the fugitive is detained under a permit of provisional detention or except when the detention of the fugitive under a permit of provisional detention is suspended, cause a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office to detain the fugitive under a permit of detention which shall have been issued in advance by a judge of the Tokyo High Court. Provided that this provision shall not apply when the fugitive has a fixed residence and the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office deems that there is no apprehension that the fugitive will escape.

2. A permit of detention provided for in paragraph 1 above may be issued upon request of a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.

3. The permit of detention shall contain the full name of the fugitive, the name of the offense for which extradition is requested, the name of the requesting country, the effective period of the permit, a statement that after the expiration of the effective period no detention may be commenced and the permit must be returned, and the date of issue of the permit, and shall bear the name and seal of the issuing judge.


Article 6.

1. A public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office may cause a public prosecutor's assistant officer, a police officer, or a maritime safety officer or maritime safety sub-officer of the Maritime Safety Agency (hereinafter referred to as "public prosecutor's assistant officer, etc.") to take the fugitive into custody under the permit of detention provided for in Article 5.

2. When a fugitive is taken into custody under a permit of detention, the permit shall be shown to the fugitive.

3. When a public prosecutor's assistant officer, etc. takes a fugitive into custody under a permit of detention, the fugitive shall be brought to a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors
Office as promptly as is practicable.

4. The provisions of Article 71, paragraph 3 of Article 73, Article 74 and Article 126 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Law No. 131 of 1948) shall apply mutatis mutandis to custody under a permit of detention.


Article 7

1. When a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office takes a fugitive into custody under a permit of detention, or receives a fugitive taken into custody under a permit of detention, the public prosecutor shall investigate the fugitive's identity immediately.

2. The public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, after establishing the identity of the fugitive, shall immediately inform the fugitive of the grounds for custody, designate the prison in which the fugitive is to be detained, and shall promptly and directly send the fugitive to that prison. In this case the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 6 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Keywords

Detention pending surrender



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