34B. Provisional arrest.- (1) On receipt of an urgent request from a foreign State for the immediate arrest of a fugitive criminal, the Central Government may request the Magistrate having competent jurisdiction to issue a provisional warrant for the arrest of such fugitive criminal. (2) A fugitive criminal arrested under sub-section (1) shall be dis¬charged upon the expiration of sixty days from the date of his arrest if no request for his surrender or return is received within the said period.
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