(Steps taken relating to surrender)
Article 17.
1. When the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office receives a notice of surrender from the Minister of Justice and the fugitive is detained under a permit of detention or such detention has been suspended, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall deliver the notice of surrender to the warden of the prison in which the fugitive is or was detained until the suspension of the detention and order the warden to surrender the fugitive.
2. Except in cases provided for in paragraph l above, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall, upon receiving a notice of surrender from the Minister of Justice, cause a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office to detain the fugitive under a notice of detention.
3. The notice of detention provided for in paragraph 2 above shall be issued by a public prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.
4. The provisions of Articles 6 and 7 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the custody of a fugitive under a notice of detention.
5. When a fugitive taken into custody under a notice of detention is committed to the prison in which the fugitive is to be detained, the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office shall promptly deliver the notice of surrender to the warden of that prison, order the warden to surrender the fugitive, and report to that effect, and the date on which the fugitive was taken into custody, to the Minister of Justice.
Article 18.
Upon receiving the report provided for in paragraph 5 of Article 17, or in paragraph 6 of Article 22, from the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, the Minister of Justice shall immediately notify the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the fugitive has been detained at the place where the fugitive is to be surrendered and of the time limit of surrender.
Article 19.
1. Upon receiving the permit of custody provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 16, the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall immediately forward the same to the requesting country.
2. Upon receiving the notification provided for in Article 18, the Minister of Foreign Affairs shall immediately notify the requesting country of its contents.
Article 20.
1. After receiving the order to surrender a fugitive as provided for in paragraph l or 5 of Article 17, the warden of the prison shall surrender the fugitive to the authorities of the requesting country when those authorities show the permit of custody to the warden and request him/her to surrender the fugitive.
2. When the request for surrender provided for in paragraph l above is not made within the time limit of surrender, the warden of the prison shall release the fugitive and report to that effect to the Superintending Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office.
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