Section 15
Arrest pending extradition

(1) After receipt of a request for extradition, arrest pending extradition may be ordered against the person pursued if
1. there is a danger that the person pursued will evade the extradition proceedings or extradition itself or
2. there is strong reason to believe, based on certain facts, that the person pursued will render more difficult the establishment of the truth in proceedings in the foreign state or in the extradition procedure.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it appears, from the outset, that extradition is not permissible.


Section 16
Provisional arrest pending extradition

(1) Arrest pending extradition may be ordered under the conditions of section 15 even before receipt of the request for extradition if
1. the competent agency in the requesting state makes a request to that effect or
2. there is strong reason to believe, based on certain facts, that a foreign national has committed an offence which may provide grounds for extradition.

(2) The warrant of arrest pending extradition is to be lifted if the person pursued has spent a total of two months under arrest pending extradition, calculated from the day of apprehension or provisional arrest, without the request for extradition and the extradition documentation having been received by the authority designated in section 74 or by another agency competent to take receipt of them. Where a non-European state has requested the making of an order for provisional arrest pending extradition, the time limit is three months.

(3) Following receipt of the request for extradition and extradition documentation, the higher regional court gives a decision without delay as to whether detention is to continue.