Albania

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Albania

PART II

TITLE X- JURISDICTIONAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES

CHAPTER I- EXTRADITION

SECTION I- EXTRADITION ABROAD

Article 495- Arrest by the judicial police

1. In case of urgency, the judicial police may carry out the arrest of the person who is subject to request for temporary arrest. It also carries out the attachment of the real evidence of the criminal offence and of the objects connected with it.

2. The authority which has carried out the arrest shall immediately inform the prosecutor and the Minister of Justice. The prosecutor, within forty-eight days, shall make the arrested available to court of the territory where the arrest has taken place, sending also the relevant documents.

3. The court, within forty eight hours from the arrest, approves it if there are the requirements or orders the release of the arrested person. The decision rendered by the court shall be informed to the Minister of Justice.

4. The arrest shall be revoked in case the Minister of Justice does not request, within ten days from the approval, its continuance.

5. The copy of the decision rendered by the court regarding the coercive measures and attachments, in accordance with these articles, shall be notified to the prosecutor, interested person and his defence lawyers who may appeal to the court of appeal.

Keywords

Arrest
Provisional arrest - detention pending surrender
Request for arrest and surrender
Cooperation under procedures of national law
Detention pending surrender



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