(1) A warrant issued under section 3 shall have the effect of authorising the taking of the inmate to whom the warrant relates to a place of departure from Saint Lucia into the custody of a person who is the appropriate authority of the receiving state.
(2) The inmate referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be in the legal custody of the Government of Saint Lucia at any time while being transported to the appropriate authority of the receiving state and shall be accompanied by an escort officer who shall have, while in Saint Lucia all the power, authority and protection as is accorded to a Saint Lucian police officer.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, where an inmate referred to in subsection (1) has been placed into the custody of the appropriate authority of the receiving state, the enforcement of the sentence of that inmate in Saint Lucia has the effect of being suspended; and the Government of Saint Lucia shall not enforce the sentence where the receiving state considers enforcement to have been completed.