(1) On such evidence and on such proceedings as in the opinion of a magistrate would, subject to this Act, justify the issue of his or her warrant if the extradition crime for which a fugitive is sought had been committed in Saint Lucia, the magistrate may, on a foreign warrant of arrest or on an information or complaint laid before him or her issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive.
(2) When a magistrate issues a warrant under subsection (1), he or she shall send a report of that fact to the Attorney General accompanied by certified copies of the evidence and the warrant and, as the case requires, the foreign warrant, information or the complaint laid before the magistrate.
(3) Where a warrant is issued under this section for the arrest of a person accused of an offence of stealing or receiving stolen property or any other offence in respect of property, a magistrate shall have the like power to issue a warrant to search for the property as if the offence has been committed in Saint Lucia.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, a “foreign warrant of arrest” refers, in relation to any Commonwealth country or foreign State, to any judicial document that authorises the arrest of a person accused or convicted of a crime in that country or state.