Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

8.   Committal to custody to await surrender

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    (1)   Subject to subsection (2) and section 10, a Magistrate shall order that a person be—

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      (a)     surrendered to the requesting country by warrant issued in the manner prescribed at Form C of the Schedule;

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      (b)     committed to a correctional facility by warrant issued in the manner prescribed at Form D of the Schedule until he or she is surrendered to the requesting country.

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    (2)   The Magistrate making the order under subsection (1) shall make such order if—

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      (a)     the person has been remanded after being arrested under—

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        (i)     a provisional arrest warrant and the original warrant has been received and endorsed in Saint Lucia; or

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        (ii)     the endorsed warrant; and

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      (b)     the Magistrate is satisfied at the proceedings for the person's surrender that the person remanded is the person sought and that the person should be surrendered.