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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Extradition Act, 1962 Section 27

LAWFULNESS OF, AND RETAKING ON ESCAPE FROM, CUSTODY UNDER WARRANTS It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant

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Extradition Act, 1962 Section 27 is part of Extradition Act, 1962 - LAWFULNESS OF, AND RETAKING ON ESCAPE FROM, CUSTODY UNDER WARRANTS It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 27: LAWFULNESS OF, AND RETAKING ON ESCAPE FROM, CUSTODY UNDER WARRANTS It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant is directed for the apprehension of a fugitive criminal to hold in custody and convey the person mentioned in the warrant to the place named in the warrant, and if such person escapes out of any custody to which he may be delivered in pursuance of such warrant, he may be retaken as a person accused of an offence against the law of India may be retaken upon an escape.

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What does Extradition Act, 1962 Section 27 provide?

Section Section 27 of the Extradition Act, 1962 (LAWFULNESS OF, AND RETAKING ON ESCAPE FROM, CUSTODY UNDER WARRANTS It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant) is reproduced on this page as part of the Extradition Act, 1962. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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